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Standing stone

Ballyknock, County Tipperary South, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Standing stone, Ballyknock, County Tipperary South, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Ballyknock
County
Tipperary South
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.52880, -7.87336
SMR number
TS061-154----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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)
  • 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

On a SE-facing slope of Ballyknock Hill, in improved pasture. There are good views from E-NW. An upright limestone stone (0.48m x 0.41; H 1.52m), rectangular in plan and orientated ENE-WSW. It leans to the NNE. There is one large packing stone and others may be obscured by grass tufts. There is a depression around the base of the stone due to cattle erosion. O'Brien (2006, 16-17) describes a number of stones protruding from the ground immediately N of the standing stone as possible packing stones or a possible cist (0.4m x 0.5m) formed by two short side stones and lone long stone, with the base of the standing stone forming the back.

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 26 August 2011

References

O'Brien, R. 2006 Cashel antiquities rediscovered - standing stones. Tipperary Historical Journal, 15-23.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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