Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Balregan, County Louth, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Balregan
- County
- Louth
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.02901, -6.43424
- SMR number
- LH007-001010-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Stone described as a 'monumental pillar' (Wright 1758, Book 3, p. 7-8, Pl. 1, Site I). No visible trace survives.
Excavations in advance of the 'M1 Dundalk Western Bypass - Northern Link' (Excavation Licence No. 03E0157) uncovered a pit (L 3.4m; Wth 2.5m; D 0.45m) which the excavator suggests may have represented the socket from a standing stone as described by Wright above. No finds were recovered from this pit. (O'Donnchadha B. 2005; O'Donnchadha B. 2006, 324)
References:
O'Donnchadha B. 2005 Dundalk Western Bypass: Site 116: Balregan 1 Chainage 23.470 - 22.600 Post-Excavation assessment and updated project design on behalf of Louth County Council and the National Roads Authority, Licence Number 03E0157. Unpublished Report DAHG, Irish Archaeological Consultancy Ltd.
O'Donnchadha B. 2006 'Balregan Henge' in I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2003: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 324 (No. 1221). Bray. Wordwell
Wright, T. 1758 Louthiana: or an introduction to the antiquities of Ireland. London. Thomas Payne.
Compiled by: Claire Breen
Date of upload: 23 November 2011
Nearby in the register
- Embanked enclosureunder 1 mi
- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Standing stone - pairunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.