Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Ballylin West, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballylin West
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Gallaun
- Coordinates
- 53.19687, -8.73270
- SMR number
- GA104-035----
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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
On a N-facing downslope in pastureland. This standing stone consists of a karstic limestone slab with evidence of water channels. It is rectangular in plan (H 2.7m; max. Wth 1.83m), tapering towards the top (Wth 0.6m). It is aligned NNW-SSE and leans towards the W. Some field stones are piled against the base on the W side. Lichen is visible on all faces of the stone and it is used as a scratching post by livestock. A structural crack is evident towards the lower end of the E face. (McCaffrey 1952, 213, no. 68)
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 16 December 2019
References
McCaffrey, P. 1952 A contribution to the archaeology of the barony of Dunkellin, Co. Galway. Unpublished MA thesis, National University of Ireland, Galway.
Nearby in the register
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.