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Standing stone

Middlequarter (newcastle Par.), County Tipperary South, Ireland

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Townland
Middlequarter (newcastle Par.)
County
Tipperary South
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.24415, -7.81698
SMR number
TS091-020----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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

On a S-facing slope of Knocknagearagh hill in the Knockmealdown Mountains, in fairly level upland terrain, under rough pasture. A sandstone standing stone, roughly rectangular in plan (L 0.66m x Wth 0.3m; H 1.03m) orientated N-S with a peak rising to the N. There are no packing stones visible but the base is obscured by a grassy hummock. The E face is fractured.

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 03 March 2014

Nearby in the register

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

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