Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Bolart North, County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Bolart North
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.36373, -7.66968
- SMR number
- OF001-008----
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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
On flat pasture in upland area. Tall rectangular shaped conglomerate stone (H 2.7m; 1m x 1.02m) which tapers at the top from SW to NE with evidence of packing stones at its base. Aligned E-W. According to the ITA Survey (1942) there were a number of standing stones in the vicinity none of which survive today.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 23 May 2011
Nearby in the register
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.