Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Derrylahan (ballynahinch By.), County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Derrylahan (ballynahinch By.)
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.56268, -10.02530
- SMR number
- GA022-125----
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 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In an area of rough grazing and gorse on an E-facing slope, overlooking Ballynakill Harbour with a panoramic view of the Twelve Bens from NE to SE. The view to the W is obscured by the growth of rhododendron. This standing stone (H 1m; Wth 1m; T 0.48m), aligned NW-SE, consists of a granite erratic. No packing stones are evident. The E face is flat while the W face is more rounded and uneven. It came to light in 2015 following the cutting back of the rhododendron, which is growing right up against the W face, and was brought to the attention of the Archaeological Survey of Ireland by Helen Riekstiņš. Another standing stone (GA009-035----) is visible c. 600m to the N.
The following image has been uploaded: GA022-125----_01.jpg E face from ENE
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 5 May 2017
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.