Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Banagher, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Banagher
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Standing stone
- Latest-edition OS map
- Standing stone
- Coordinates
- 54.27225, -9.22561
- SMR number
- MA015-004----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 average coastal pasture, located on a low ridge, just to SE of the summit, overlooking Lackan Bay. Nephin Mountain is prominent on the horizon to SSW, Knocknarae in Sligo is visible to ENE, and the mountains of Donegal define the far horizon to NE.
Indicated as ‘Standing Stone’ on the 1838 and 1922 OS 6-inch maps, it consists of an upright, narrow, pillar-like stone (H 1.75m; Wth 0.23m; T 0.1m), with a flat top. The long axis is aligned roughly N-S. It stands at the E end of a low, grass-covered, stony rise (3.4m E-W; 1.6m N-S; H 0.5m).
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 13 November 2018
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.