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Standing stone

Ballybrack (Rathdown By., Glencullen ED), County Dublin, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Standing stone, Ballybrack, 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
Ballybrack (Rathdown By., Glencullen ED)
County
Dublin
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.23224, -6.25552
SMR number
DU025-086----

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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 SW open moorland slope of Two Rock Mountain on the N side of the Glencullen River valley. A standing stone (0.97m L and 0.3m T; 0.85m H) with a broad triangular outline and its long axis is orientated N–S. No packing stones are evident as the peat cover is c. 0.2m deep (pers. comm. Ivor Kenny, 19 September 2014).

The attached image (DU025-086----_01.jpg) is uploaded courtesy of Ivor Kenny.

Compiled by: Paul Walsh and Padraig Clancy
Revised upload on: 28 July 2018

Nearby in the register

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

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