Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Baile Dhúlocha, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Baile Dhúlocha
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.52453, -9.43474
- SMR number
- GA026-019----
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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
This standing stone was discoverd by Mr. Colm Mac Diarmada (pers. comm. December 2014). It is in an upland area of rough grazing and cut-away bogland on a plateau on the SW hillslope of Binn Shléibhe/Ben Levy, overlooking Lough Corrib to the S. There are panoramic views from E through S to NW.
The standing stone is a conglomerate boulder (H 1m; base Wth 0.58m; max. Wth 1.15m; T 0.64m) which is roughly lozenge shaped – the flat surfaces face towards NW and SE. It is sitting on a small mound that is the result of bog being cut away. An area (Wth 0.5m; D 0.2m) around the base of the stone has been poached away. Packing stones are evident. A ring-barrow (GA026-020----) lies c. 260m to the NNW.
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 22 October 2015
Nearby in the register
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Water mill - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.