Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Redbrae, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Redbrae
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.46672, -8.36223
- SMR number
- LE001-009002-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1881 "Ireland to Illustrate the Military Condition of the Country." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
At the crest of the E-facing slope of a S-N stream close to the sea. Limestone slab (dims 1.5m x 0.3-0.5m; H 1.25m) orientated E-W with a crested top and leaning slightly to the S. A possible standing stone (LE001-00901-) is situated c. 30m to the E. (Holly 1976, 136, No. 4, B)
The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 23 September 2008
References
Holly, D. 1976 Megalithic monuments at Tullaghan. Journal of Cumann Seanchas Breifne (Breifne Historical Society) 5 (17), 121-39.
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.