Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Stone head
Durrow Townparks, County Laois, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Durrow Townparks
- County
- Laois
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.84681, -7.39454
- SMR number
- LA029-056001-
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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)
- 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Stone head carved in relief on quoin stone of E gable of 19th century outhouse in the the town of Durrow. Stone head may be post-1700 in date and contemporaneous with the outbuilding on which it is located. Alternatively the carved head may have come from the nearby church (LA029-045----) located 175m to the SW.
Date of upload : 04 May 2012
Nearby in the register
- Crossunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.