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Standing stone

Loughgur, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Standing stone, Loughgur, 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
Loughgur
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.52024, -8.50750
SMR number
LI032-065----

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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)
  • 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 rocky pasture on the brow of a ridge extending S from Knocksentry Hill with views to the S. The Carriggalla Forts (LI032-053002-/003-) are 450m to SW; Circle O (LI032-060----) is located 240m to NW and Circle P (LI032-059----) lies 210m to NW.
Not depicted on the historic OSi maps as an antiquity. It is not visible on OSi orthoimage taken 2005-12 or on Digital Globe orthoimages taken 2011-2013. The standing stone is one of five identified by O’Kelly (1944, 29) that appear to be ancient. He described the stone as ‘390’ OD [119m] a rough limestone slab 3’ 4” [1.02m] high and 3' [0.91m] by 1' 3" [0.38m] at the base. It is well weathered’. Grogan (1989, Vol. 2, 271) attached the site name of ‘Lough Gur 8’ 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. Future fieldwork should attempt to locate the site.

See attached Google Earth orthoimages

Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan

Date of upload: 19 November 2020

See attached ASI aerial photograph ASIAP – 349/7 taken 05/01/2003.

References

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.

ASIAP - Archaeological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1996 - c. 2010).

Nearby in the register

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

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