Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone (present location)
Rathealy, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathealy
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.69433, -7.42575
- SMR number
- KK013-145----
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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
Towards the N end of avenue to a house and farmyard, on the W side, c. 15m from the SW angle of the house. The original location of the standing stone (KK013-061----) is c. 230m to the SW. The stone had been moved closer to the farmyard and before 1987 was 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. A tapering limestone standing stone, rectangular in plan (L 0.5-0.55m tapering to c. 0.1m; Wth 0.33-0.4m). The total length of the stone is 2.7m, 0.34m is buried and the stone currently stands 2.36m above ground. One of the long faces is very smooth. The shorter faces have numerous geological fault lines.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of revised upload: 20 July 2015
Nearby in the register
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Settlement deserted - medievalunder 1 mi
- Buildingunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.