Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Killeen (glenquin By.), County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killeen (glenquin By.)
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Pillar Stones (1928)
- Coordinates
- 52.36905, -8.44218
- SMR number
- LI048-065002-
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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
In modern coniferous forest plantation, 175m S of Barranahown River that forms townland boundary with Moorestown. One of three standing stones (LI048-065002/004-) located inside interior of earthwork (LI048-065001-). Stone in Nw quadrant of earthwork. Not depicted on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map. Annotated ‘Pillar Stones’ on the Cassini ed. OSi 6-inch map. Stones visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018 may represent the remains of the 'Pillar Stones' annotated on the OSi 6-inch map (Grogan 1989, 270).
See attached Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018.
Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick
Date of upload: 7 September 2021
References
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.
Nearby in the register
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.