Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy/saint's stone (present location)
Newtown (ballintober North By.), County Roscommon, Ireland
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----
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
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)
See the attached image.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.