Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Wardhouse, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Wardhouse
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.46503, -8.35508
- SMR number
- LE001-013----
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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
There are three limestone uprights in undulating landscape. The central one (dims 1.8m x 0.3m; H 1.1m) is upright with a similar stone (LE001-013001-) (H 1m; L 1.7m; T. 0.5m) leaning against it. There is a natural boulder to the N and a third upright (LE001-013002-) (H 1.05m) c. 48m to the NNW. Archaeological testing (01E0995) c. 100m to the NNE recovered one flint scraper as a stray find (Quinn 2003a).
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.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of revised upload: 14 December 2015
References
Quinn, B. 2003a Tullaghan. No archaeological significance. in Excavations 2001: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 228, No. 741. Bray, Wordwell
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