Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Ballysteen (shanid By.), County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballysteen (shanid By.)
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.54839, -9.05564
- SMR number
- LI019-258----
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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
In pasture, on a break in a S-facing slope. An upright stone of limestone (Wth 0.98m; T 0.55m; H 1.1m), with its long axis aligned N-S. The surface of the stone has been worn smooth by cattle rubbing against it. The stone is irregular in shape but its top is roughly pointed and higher at its S end.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
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- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.