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Standing stone

Green Island, County Mayo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Standing stone, Green Island, 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
Green Island
County
Mayo
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.52412, -9.25898
SMR number
MA120B003----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1790 · Composite: 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

Located on Green Island in the NE of Lough Corrib. The stone is located toward the NW end of the island, in a small clearing which is surrounded by willow and hawthorn trees, and partly engulfed in brambles and ferns. Granitic stone slab (H 1.1m; L 1m; max T c. 0.3m), with the long axis aligned roughly E–W, set upright in the ground but leaning gently to S. The broad N face has a relatively smooth surface; the S face is slightly convex, with a rougher surface. The stone is thickest (0.3m) at its W end, is somewhat thinner in the middle (T 0.23m) and narrows sharply at its E end. The N face is pockmarked with tiny indentations or holes -these are natural features of the stone.

Attached images:
MA120B003----_01: viewed from N
MA120B003----_02: viewed from W

Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy

Date of upload: 3 June 2015

Nearby in the register

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

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