Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Rock art
Fletcherstown, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Fletcherstown
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.74589, -6.76771
- SMR number
- ME017-042----
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 on a low-lying, level landscape. A large stone (dims 1.7m x 0.9-1m x 0.9-1m) came to light before 1970 with a single motif of four concentric penannular rings (int. diam. 0.08m; max. ext. diam. 0.25m). The opening (Wth 0.3m) extends through the four rings at the same point. The stone is now kept at a house in Braystown, Rathbranchurch. (Clinton 1983)
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Meath' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1987). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of revision: 16 April 2019
References
Clinton, M. 1983 ‘An example of Rock-art from County Meath.' Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, vol. 113, 144-5.
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Passage tomb artunder 1 mi
- Burial1 mi
- Cross - Wayside cross1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.