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Standing stone

Castlekelly, County Dublin, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Standing stone, Castlekelly, 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
Castlekelly
County
Dublin
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Finn Mac Cools Stone
Coordinates
53.21767, -6.33756
SMR number
DU025-080----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · 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 inside the boundary wall of Glenasmole Lodge. A standing stone consisting of a large granite boulder which formerly had a marble slab set into it which bore the following inscription 'Finna koon one of the Irish giants carried this stone on his shoulder from the opposite mountain on April 1st 1444. He was 9 feet7 inches high and weighed 44 stone' (Healy 1961, 115). Precise location unknown.
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy
Revised upload on: 28 July 2018

References

Healy, P. 1961 The Valley of Glenasmole. Dublin Historical Record 16, 109-30.

Nearby in the register

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

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