Standing stone

The National Monuments Service's description

In pasture in the centre of a large field at the NE tip of Lough Gur which lies 350m ti SW. A standing stone annotated 'Leagaun' (Site R; LI032-050----) lies 75m to SE and the Early Medieval settlement site known as the Spectacles (LI032-014012-) lies 340m to WSW, a standing stone also known as 'Leagaun' (Site S; LI032-048----) is located 260m to N.
The standing stone (LI032-049----) is not shown on OSi historic maps, and it is not visible on OSi orthoimage taken 2005-12 or on Digital Globe orthoimages taken 2011-2013. The standing stone was described by O’Kelly (1944, 29) as, ‘a well weathered limestone pillar 3’ 3” [0.99m] high, and 1’ 10” [0.56m] at the base.’ O’Kelly noted that it is an addition to a group of standing stones recorded by Windle (1912, Plate XXIII). Grogan (1989, Vol. 2, 271) attached the site name ‘Lough Gur 7’ to the monument within his PhD thesis. The location of the site is visible on Google Earth orthoimages taken 28/06/2018 and 20/09/2020. The standing stone does not appear to survive above ground level.

See attached Google Earth orthoimages

Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan

Date of upload: 16 November 2020

References

Windle, B. 1912 Megalithic remains surrounding
Lough Gur, Co. Limerick. Proceedings of the Royal
Irish Academy 30C, 283–306.

O'Kelly, M.J. 1944 A survey of the antiquities in the barony of Small County, Co. Limerick. North Munster Antiquarian Journal 4, 16-53.

Grogan, E. 1989 The Early Prehistory of the Lough Gur Region: Neolithic and Bronze Age settlement patterns in North Munster, south of the River Shannon, 3 Vols. Doctoral PhD Thesis submitted to the Dept. of Archaeology, University College Dublin.