Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Knocklong East, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knocklong East
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- LI040-176----
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The National Monuments Service's description
In pasture, in the vicinity of Knocklong church (LI041-004002-), graveyard (LI041-004003-) and O’Hurley Castle (LI041-004005-). Not marked on OSi historic maps. Described by Lenihan(1866, 735) as following: ‘On the summit of the hill, in a field to the south west, there is a lime stone dallan about four feet thirteen inches thick [1.25m]. It stands now on the edge of a lime-stone precipice, and is in peril. Nothing is known of its history’. The precise location of this stone has not been identified.
Compiled by: Fiona Rooney
Date of upload: 27 May 2021
References
Lenihan, M. 1866 Limerick: its history and antiquities.