Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Grogagh, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Grogagh
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.38207, -8.50109
- SMR number
- SL005-182----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1869 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In pasture, located on a small rounded peak on a narrow NW−SE ridge. There are extensive views encompassing a broad sweep of the surrounding undulating grassland, Donegal Bay and Slieve League to NW, and the corrugated slope of Ben Bulben which dominates landscape to SE. The deep gully of the Grange River cuts through a small valley c. 150m to S. A roughly rectangular-shaped stone (L 0.38m NNW−SSE; T 0.15m; H 0.6m) set upright in the ground. The stone narrows slightly on its N−S axis at the base. The E face of the stone is flat; the W face is slightly convex. The top of the stone is gently rounded, rising higher on the E and S edges. A second standing stone (SL005-182----), which shares the same alignment, is within sight on another small peak 31m to SE on the same ridge.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 4 August 2016
Nearby in the register
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.