Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Holed stone
Newtown (navan Upper By.), County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Newtown (navan Upper By.)
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.55585, -6.77228
- SMR number
- ME036-049009-
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
There is a holed stone is in the graveyard (ME036-049014-) associated with the parish church of Newtown Clonbun (ME036-049005-) and the Cathedral of SS Peter and Paul (ME036-049002-). It is aligned N-S and has a subrectangular cross-section (dims 0.36-0.42m x 0.1-0.18m; H 0.53m) with a hole (diam. 5cm) at the top. (Crawford 1915)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 17 February, 2015
References
Crawford, H. S. 1915 Miscellanea: Holed-stone at Newtown, near Trim. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, 45, 156.
Nearby in the register
- Tomb - effigialunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Cathedralunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.