Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Ballyburly, County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyburly
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.35908, -7.17362
- SMR number
- OF011-002----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · 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
Standing stone rectangular in plan (0.5m x 0.7m, H 2.2m) orientated N-S with top sloping upwards from S to N and situated on high ground.
Located on high ground with good views with barrow (OF011-055) to the S. Rectangular shaped stone (H 2.2m; 0.5m x 0.79m) aligned on an E-W axis with packing stones at its base with top sloping from N to S.
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
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.