Standing stone

The National Monuments Service's description

In upland pasture 175m NE of the townland boundary with Ballinlyna and 130m NW of a large forestry plantation. Roadway (LI056-015---) lies 5m to E, enclosure (LI056-020---) 45m to N. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified as a standing stone by archaeologist Tracy Collins in 2002 when described as follows; ‘immediately to the west of a ringfort [LI056-020----] and a road named Bóthar na bhFian [LI056-015----], which on inspection was reminiscent of a cursus. During this inspection an unrecorded element, a standing stone, was noted within the zone of archaeological potential of the road. This stone is 5m west of the western edge of the old road; it is almost square in section and stands to 0.6m high’ (Collins 2004, 307; www.excavations.ie 2002, No. 1119). No surface remains visible on Google Earth orthoimages.

See attached Google Earth orthoimage.

Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick

Date of upload: 15 November 2021

References

Collins, T. 2004 Ballyroe Upper: Monitoring. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2002: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 307 (No. 1119). Dublin. Wordwell.

Collins, T. 2002 Report on licensed Monitoring at Ballroe Upper, Kilfinane, Co. Limerick. Unpublished excavation report licence No. 02E0112 submitted to the National Monuments Section, Heritage and Planning Division, Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Dublin.