Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Carricknahorna West, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carricknahorna West
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.05004, -8.37839
- SMR number
- SL040-107----
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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)
- 1922 · Ireland - northern section. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
In rough, heather-covered upland pasture in the Bricklieve Mountains, located in a shallow natural hollow on the E side of a broad plateau on top of a NNE−SSW ridge. The stone stands close to the break of slope on the E side of the ridge where ground falls away steeply into a narrow valley. It is overlooked immediately to S by a higher level of the ridge top. Upright block of limestone (H c. 2m; L 1.73m NE−SW at base; T max. c. 1.05m at base) which narrows from a broad base to a pointed top, giving the stone a pronounced triangular shape. The stone has a rough surface, partly colonised by lichen, moss and grass. There are two passage tombs (SL040-101----; SL040-102----) on a parallel ridge to E; it is possible that these were visible in the past from the stone but they are now low, heather-covered mounds and cannot be seen. Two other passage tombs (SL040-095----; SL040-096----) are located on ridge tops c. 440m to NNW and 340m to NW respectively, but are not visible from the standing stone.
Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy
Revised upload: 2 September 2016
Nearby in the register
- Megalithic tomb - passage tombunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - passage tombunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - passage tombunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - passage tombunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.