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
- 54.47077, -8.34334
- SMR number
- LE001-026----
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
In a low-lying position close to the seashore of Donegal Bay and c. 20m W of a rath (LE001-027----). This is a plain sandstone upright (dims 0.77m x 0.3m; H 2.05m) oriented E-W with a damaged top and it leans slightly to the N. (Holly 1976, 136, No. 1)
See the attached view taken from the SW.
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - court tombunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - wedge tombunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.