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Standing stone - pair

Curraghcloney (Newcastle Par.), County Tipperary South, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Standing stone - pair, Curraghcloney (Newcastle 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
Curraghcloney (Newcastle Par.)
County
Tipperary South
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Dallaun
Coordinates
52.24562, -7.76236
SMR number
TS091-004----

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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 broad, flat break of a NW-facing, gently undulating, slope. In upland terrain, under pasture. This stone pair consists of a large, flat-topped pillar stone and a smaller stone lying 1.95m to E which has a triangular profile and sloping top. Both stones are composed of red sandstone with quartz inclusions. Both stones are aligned SW-NE (front face to SW). The upright stone has a distinctive vertical quartz vein with a smaller one on the NE side and is rectangular in plan (Wth 0.5m NE; 0.59m SW; 0.61m SW; 0.8m NW) with a number of packing stones. The prostrate stone is five-sided (Wth 0.5m NE; 0.54m SE; 0.28m S; 0.43m SW; 0.63m NW) with a packing stone on its NW side. A small boulder (O.56m x 0.3m) lies between the two standing stones but is not embedded. Four small cairns (TS091-004001-), possibly prehistoric field clearance cairns, are located to NW and N of standing stones.

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 26 August 2011

Nearby in the register

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

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