Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Knockroe (leitrim By.), County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockroe (leitrim By.)
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Carrickbreaga
- Latest-edition OS map
- Carrickbreaga
- Coordinates
- 53.09850, -8.46392
- SMR number
- GA125-082----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
On the summit of hill in undulating pastureland. This standing stone consists of a rectangular limestone slab (H 2.3m; base Wth 1.4m; T 0.5m), aligned E-W and inclined to S. It tapers towards the top. Overgrown boulders have been jammed against the base on its S side.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 18 December 2019
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Megalithic structureunder 1 mi
- Quarryunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.