Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Newtown (rathdown By.), County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Newtown (rathdown By.)
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.22828, -6.21415
- SMR number
- DU025-047002-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on the upper crest of a hill above the old chapel in Glencullen village. A standing stone comprising of a granite orthostat (H 1.75m) is square in plan (dims. 0.65m x 0.65m) and has a pointed top (Healy 1975, 1-19; Turner 1983, 14). Shown on the 1843 OS 6-inch map. Situated c. 6m NE of a barrow (DU025-047001-) on the upper crest of a hill.
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy
Revised upload on: 28 July 2018
References
Turner, K. 1983 If you seek monuments: a guide to the antiquities of the barony of Rathdown. Rathmichael Historical Society.
Healy, P. 1975a Second report on monuments and sites of archaeological interest in county Dublin. An Foras Forbartha Teoranta.
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Cultivation ridgesunder 1 mi
- Road - road/trackwayunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.