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Standing stone

Toor (Kilcash Par.), County Tipperary South, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Standing stone, Toor (Kilcash Par.), 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
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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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

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

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

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