Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Knockacorha, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockacorha
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Cloghcrom
- Latest-edition OS map
- Cloghcrom
- Coordinates
- 53.93416, -8.16791
- SMR number
- RO010-049----
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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
Situated in a hollow at the bottom of the NW-facing slope of an ENE-WSW drumlin ridge. Marked on the 1837 and 1914 editions of the OS 6-inch map and described in gothic lettering on both as Cloghcrom - the crooked or leaning stone - and it was recorded thus by John O'Donovan in 1837 (O'Flanagan 1931, vol. 1, 120). It is a limestone slab (dims 0.7m x 0.45m; H 3m) oriented NE-SW and leaning to the NW, Rath (RO010-050----) is c. 100m to the SW.
During a battle which was fought in 1330 between Turlough O'Conor and Water Mac William Burke the latter was forced to retreat to Cairthe Liaghfada (ALC vol. 1, 613), which is identified as this stone (Connellan 1963), and it is known locally as An Lia Fada (Keenehan 2006 a). (Siggins 1986a)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
References
O'Flanagan, Rev. M. (Compiler) 1931 Letters containing information relative to the antiquities of the county of Roscommon collected during the progress of the
Ordnance Survey in 1837. Bray.
Keenehan, J. 2006a An Lia Fada. In J. Keenehan (ed.), St Michael's Church Drumlion, Co. Roscommon 1856-2006, 5. Carrick-on-Shannon. Drumlion Sesquincentenial Committee.
ALC - The Annals of Lough Cé: a chronicle of Irish affairs, 1014-1690, ed. W.M. Hennessy (2 vols., London, 1871; reflex facsimile, Irish Manuscripts Commission, Dublin, 1939)
Connellan, M.J. 1963 Miscellanea - possible pagan place-names in Co. Roscommon. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 93, 197-8.
Siggins, A. 1986a Prehistoric standing stones. Journal of the County Roscommon Historical and Archaeological Society 1, 25.
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.