Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Loughcrew, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Loughcrew
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.74195, -7.13720
- SMR number
- ME015-003016-
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 in a little fold on the summit of Carnbane West c. 8m N of passage tomb A1 (ME015-003012-). This stone is a sandstone (dims of base 0.95m x 0.3m; H 2.1m) with a roughly pointed top but it is now lying prone and roughly aligned NE-SW with the top at SW. Conwell (1866, 360; 1873, 49) says that it once stood on its narrow end but there is no evidence that it ever stood upright. This monument is not accessible to the public at the moment.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 10 January 2019
References
Conwell, E. A. 1866 On Ancient Sepulchral Cairns on the Loughcrew Hills. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy (1864-66) 355-79.
Conwell, E.A. 1873 The discovery of the tomb of Ollamh Fodhla. Dublin and London. McGlashan & Gill.
Nearby in the register
- Megalithic tomb - passage tombunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - passage tombunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.