Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Greatheath (maryborough East By.),park Or Dunamase, County Laois, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Greatheath (maryborough East By.),park Or Dunamase
- County
- Laois
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- NULL
- SMR number
- LA013-103----
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The National Monuments Service's description
Unlocated standing stone on OS sheet number 13 as described in the OS letters which state on Moy Reta or the Plain of Riata, was the name of an extensive plain in the county of Leix comprehending the entire of the great Heath of Maryborough and probably the entire level country extending to the foot of Dunamase and the round hills of the Heath. This plain was anciently called Laoighis Reta and on it there was a stone called Leac Reta, at which the boundaries of the seven cantreds of leix anciently met (O'Flanagan 1933, vol. 1, p. 75).
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 17 December 2007