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Standing stone

Rathealy, County Kilkenny, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Standing stone, Rathealy, County Kilkenny, 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
Rathealy
County
Kilkenny
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.69288, -7.42771
SMR number
KK013-061----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 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)
  • 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

On floor of small NW-SE valley. According to Carrigan (1905, vol. 3, 497) this standing stone was known as the ''Sthooic-Rawhaeola' [stook of Rathealy] or pointed rock of Rathealy', 'a pillar stone, 7 feet [2.1m] high, a few hundred yards east of the church [KK013-060001-]. It is said to have been thrown here all the way from Slievenamon by one of the old Irish giants'.
The standing stone (L 2.7m; 0.5m by 0.3m) originally stood in a field c. 230m SW of its present location (KK013-145----). At some stage it was moved up near the farmyard, then moved again to facilitate the construction of a silage dump (OPW files). It had been leaning against a tree in the farmyard before being placed upright in its present location.

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of revised upload: 20 July 2015

References

Carrigan, Rev. W. 1905 (Reprint 1981) The history and antiquities of the diocese of Ossory, 4 vols. Kilkenny. Roberts Books and Wellbrook Press.

Nearby in the register

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

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