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Standing stone

Carrigeen (Coshma By.), County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Standing stone, Carrigeen, County Limerick, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Carrigeen (Coshma By.)
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Stone (1924).
Coordinates
52.51483, -8.74641
SMR number
LI030-017----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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)
  • 1883 · Ireland 3. (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

On a gently sloping ridge in pasture with excellent views to the W, N and E, 750m NE of the townland boundary with Dollas. Ring-barrow (LI030-016----) located 140m to SW. The site is not depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map nor is it depicted on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map. It is annotated ‘stone’ on the Cassini ed. OSi 6-inch map. The site is visible as a small oval enclosure in pasture on the OSi orthoimage taken 2005-12 (ext. dims. c. 16m N-S; 19m E-W); it is not visible on the Digital Globe orthoimages taken 2011-2013. Neither the stone nor enclosure is visible on the Google Earth orthoimages taken 05/02/2009; 31/12/2016 or 28/06/2018.

See attached Google Earth orthoimages

Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan

Date of upload: 28 September 2020

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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