Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Stone row
Ballykilmurry, County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballykilmurry
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.30308, -7.55961
- SMR number
- OF016-006002-
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
Not visible at ground level. Stanley (1870, 27-9) describes the site as a large tumulus (OF016-006001-) with three large stones placed in a line on its summit. According to local information the mound was bulldozed several years ago. According to Stanley there was a possible megalithic structure (OF016-043----) known as the 'giants bed' located in close proximity to the mound.
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
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.