Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Kilcorkey, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilcorkey
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Cloghatempan
- Latest-edition OS map
- Cloghatempan
- Coordinates
- 53.83118, -8.38758
- SMR number
- RO021-007----
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
In a slight col in a low-lying landscape between low rises to the N and S. Upright limestone pillar (dims 2.5m NNW-SSE; 0.85m ENE-WSW; H 2.65m) leaning slightly to the W. There are three possible cup-marks on its W face near the SW angle, and according to J. O'Donovan writing in the 1830s its base was excavated by treasure hunters earlier in the 19th century (O'Flanagan 1931, vol. 1, 83).
See the attached view taken from the N.
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.
Nearby in the register
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Gatewayunder 1 mi
- Burialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.