Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Creevykeel, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Creevykeel
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.43707, -8.43390
- SMR number
- SL003-043----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1869 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1904 · Sheet 4. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1922 · Ireland - northern section. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
On a slight WSW-facing slope in pasture. Low, squat, irregularly-shaped upright stone (H 0.95m; L 0.75m; Wth. 0.2m -0.4m) aligned WNW-ESE. The stone is widest at the base and tapers to a point at the top. It is known in the locality as a monument of great antiquity.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 31 January 2014
Nearby in the register
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- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.