Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Toor (kilcash Par.), County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Toor (kilcash Par.)
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.40984, -7.53527
- SMR number
- TS078-079----
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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 upland area, on a lower SE slope of Slievenamon Mountain, in pasture. Extensive view E and S with the Comeragh Mountains in the distance from S-SW. A large red sandstone boulder with some pebble inclusions, aligned E-W. Roughly rectangular in plan (L 1.37m x Wth 0.52m; H 1.4m) with broad faces to the N and S, it narrows slightly as it rises (Wth 0.2-0.48m). Some fractures evident. N face is very irregular, having suffered much spawling. The ground around the base of stone has been poached by cattle, creating a hollow. The stone rises slightly higher at the W end, but this may be a result of how the stone has fractured and broken. There is a thin seam of quartz towards the base at the E end of the S face.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 14 November 2016
Nearby in the register
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Font (present location)under 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.