Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Dromalta, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dromalta
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.59187, -8.36217
- SMR number
- LI015-080----
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 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
On SW-facing slope, in pasture, c. 10m NE of a public road. Not depicted on OS historic mapping. Described in 1999 by the ASI as a single upright standing stone (H. 0.89m x 0.2m x 0.3m) that is square in section. Monument is close to the inside angle formed by the meeting of two field boundaries. Not visible on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-13 or on Google Earth orthoimages taken 28/06/2018.
See attached Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018 and sketch location map
Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly
Date of upload: 10 July 2020
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.