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Standing stone

Turoe, County Galway, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Standing stone, Turoe, County Galway, 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
Turoe
County
Galway
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.25261, -8.57477
SMR number
GA097-150005-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · 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

In pastureland. Raftery (1944, 24, 31, Fig. 1) recorded 'two large lumps of granite, measuring respectively 85 by 90 cm. and 135 by 120 cm.' close to the NW of the 'Rath of Feewore' (GA097-150001-) and in the vicinity of the original location of the Turoe stone (GA097-150006-). No visible surface trace of them was noted on inspection in September 1984. A standing stone (GA097-150002-) lies in a small coniferous plantation c. 60m to the N of the rath.

Compiled by: Olive Alcock

Date of upload: 3 August 2018

References

Raftery, J. 1944d The Turoe stone and the rath of Feerwore. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 74, 23-52.

Nearby in the register

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

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