Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Ballybricken West, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballybricken West
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.57472, -8.50823
- SMR number
- LI023-303----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
In gently undulating pasture. Upright stone (H 1.14m) of sandstone is rectangular in plan (L 0.55m; T 0.27m), its long-axis E-W and leans to W. Elevation reaches a triangular point at apex. Smooth edges evident of cattle scratching. Another standing stone (LI023-112----) c. 40m to S.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 November 2013
Nearby in the register
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.