Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Carnbane, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carnbane
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.74283, -7.13693
- SMR number
- ME015-003015-
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 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated at the crest of the NW-facing summit of Carnbane West and c. 32m NW of Cairn D (ME015-003008-). This is a rectangular quartz stone (dims of base 0.85m x 0.55-0.65m; L 2m) lying prone and aligned WNW-ESE. Its stump is set in the ground at its E end and Conwell (1866, 361; 1873, 50) says was once upright. When it was upright it would be visible over a wide area SW-N. This monument is not accessible to the public at the moment. (Cooney 2000, 162)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of revised upload: 10 January 2019
References
Cooney, G. 2000 Landscapes of Neolithic Ireland. London and New York. Routledge.
Conwell, E.A. 1873 The discovery of the tomb of Ollamh Fodhla. Dublin and London. McGlashan & Gill.
Conwell, E. A. 1866 On Ancient Sepulchral Cairns on the Loughcrew Hills. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy (1864-66) 355-79.
Nearby in the register
- Megalithic tomb - passage tombunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.