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Standing stone

Drumsheen, County Mayo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Standing stone, Drumsheen, County Mayo, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Drumsheen
County
Mayo
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Standing Stone
Coordinates
54.11391, -9.00471
SMR number
MA031-063----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1841 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In average pasture, on the narrow top of a N–S ridge, with extensive views in all directions of the surrounding sharply undulating terrain of mixed pasture and bog. There is a stream c. 100m to E, beyond which there are large expanses of bog, with the Ox Mountains defining the far horizon.
Not shown on the 1837-8 OS 6-inch map, but shown as ‘Standing stone’ on the 1922 edition. Upright slab (H 1.5m; Wth 2m; T 0.35m), long axis NNE-SSW, is broader than it is tall. The stone is thickest at mid height, tapering from there towards a narrow top, and also narrowing towards the base. It leans slightly to E. There is a mound (MA031-063001-) located 1.4m to W.

Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy

Date of upload: 4 July 2018

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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