Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cupmarked stone
Miskish More, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Miskish More
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.02394, -6.60101
- SMR number
- MO029-013----
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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
A roughly triangular stone with two cupmarks had been built into the wall of a lane at Miskish More, which was moved to the National Museum of Ireland for safety in 1949. It is described as having a triangular surface ’35 inches along the base and 29.9 inches from base to apex. The stone is ‘18.5 inches thick (dims c. 0.9m x c. 0.75m x c. 0.47m)’ (Raftery 1953) and had two cupmarks on its large surface. One (diam. c. 4cm; D c. 2.5cm) was unadorned but the other (diam. c. 2.5cm; D c. 2.5cm) had seven concentric circles (ext. diam. c. 0.4m).
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Monaghan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of revised upload: 8 February 2017
References
Raftery, J. 1953 A decorated stone at Miskish More, County Monaghan. County Louth Archaeological and Historical Society Journal, 16-17.
Nearby in the register
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- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.