Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Knockmoynagh, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockmoynagh
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Standing Stone
- Coordinates
- 54.09949, -8.45544
- SMR number
- SL033-106002-
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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
In the NE quadrant of a rath (SL033-106001-), standing against the internal face of the bank at NNE. An upright weathered limestone stone (H 1.8m; L 1.85m; T 0.45m), triangular in shape and rectangular in plan. It is thought to be 'one of the idols of the Druids of Corran' (MacDonagh, 1936, 199).
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005).
Date of upload: 18 January 2008
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Barrow - bowl-barrowunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.