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Ritual site - holy/saint's stone (present location)

Newtown (Ballintober North By.), County Roscommon, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ritual site - holy/saint's stone (present location), Newtown, County Roscommon, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Newtown (Ballintober North By.)
County
Roscommon
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
St Barrys Boat
Coordinates
53.76233, -7.92120
SMR number
RO030-007----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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

On a level landscape just E of the RC church at Whitehall. A limestone block (dims. 2.4m x 1.2m; T 0.3m) on which traditionally St Barry of Kilbarry (RO024-016001-) crossed the River Shannon from Co. Longford. It was found c. 1900 at an unknown place (RO024-018----) in the bed of the river at Kilbarry and brought to its present location. (OS Name Books; Farrell 1996)

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Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 24 August 2010

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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