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Standing stone

Newtown (Rathdown By.), County Dublin, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Standing stone, Newtown, County Dublin, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

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-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1799 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1841 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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