Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Balsaw, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Balsaw
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Standing Stone
- Coordinates
- 53.71861, -6.70765
- SMR number
- ME018-018----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1636 · Vltoniae Orientalis Pars (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1799 · 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
Situated on the summit of Balsaw Hill with wide views out in every direction. This stone has an oval cross-section at the base (dims 1.15m x 0.6m) tapering to a blunt point (H 1.6m). It is generally aligned N-S and leans slightly to the S.
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 upload: 10 July 2007
Revision: 24 March 2023
Nearby in the register
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.