Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Steeplestown, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Steeplestown
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.57128, -6.79745
- SMR number
- ME036-009001-
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 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
A small standing stone was noted in 1955 at the N edge of the rath (ME036-009----) but it was not present in 1969 (SMR file).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 5 July, 2019
Amended: 24 March 2024
References
SMR file - Sites and monuments record files in the National Monuments Service, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Burnt spreadunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.