Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Drinaghan (Carbury By., Knocknaree ED), County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Drinaghan (Carbury By., Knocknaree ED)
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.25964, -8.55021
- SMR number
- SL014-293----
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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)
- 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)
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The National Monuments Service's description
This standing stone is located close to the N edge of a well-defined terrace on the lower N slopes of Knocknarea Mountain. The stone is a gneiss erratic and measures c. 1.4m x 0.95m x 0.85m. The stone was until c. 2005 standing, but subsquently was knocked over and lies c. 3m S of its original location.
The attached image (SL014-293----_01.jpg) is uploaded courtesy of Dr. Stefan Bergh.
Compiled by: Paul Walsh based on information kindly supplied by Dr Stefan Bergh, NUI Galway.
Date of upload: 20 October 2014
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.