Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Kilballyowen, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilballyowen
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.49116, -8.50832
- SMR number
- LI032-125----
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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
Modern livestock scratching post described by O'Kelly (1944, 20) as following; 'At the S.W. base of Knockderk Hill there is a standing stone. It was erected within living memory as a scratching-post for cattle'.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 06 August 2019
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.
Nearby in the register
- Designed landscape featureunder 1 mi
- Stone circleunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.