Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Simonstown West, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Simonstown West
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.96969, -6.80881
- SMR number
- KD038-005----
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Shown on 5 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
In a small coniferous forest clearing at the top of a short, moderately steep SW slope, c. 120m to SSW of a barrow site (KD038-056----), in what was known as the 'Long Stone Field on Mr. Leonard's farm', where it stood 'at a sharp angle with the ground' (Fitzgerald 1906-8, 465). The tall, (and now vertical) sub-rectangular granite stone is orientated on a N-S axis (H 2.45m; L 0.95m; Wth 0.4m) with packing stones at the base. It tapers slightly towards the top, portion of which is broken off, and its smooth E face contrasts with the other, rougher faces.
Date of upload: 15 September 2016
References
FitzGerald, Lord W. 1906-8 An unrecorded long stone in the County Kildare [note]. Journal of the Kildare Archaeological Society 5, 463-465.
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.