Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Monadiha, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Monadiha
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.31477, -7.52158
- SMR number
- WA002-065----
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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
Located on a gentle NE-facing slope, in pasture. Slievenamon is visible to the NNW, there is a low-lying ridge to the NE, very good view to E, impeded view upslope to the S but Comeragh Mountains visible over the crest of the hill, impeded to W by rise in slope though mountains are visible beyond. This is an Old Red Sandstone monolith with a rectangular cross-section (dims. 0.54m x 0.45m; H 1.05m) roughly aligned N-S. According to local information the stone remained upright until 2015. It has now fallen over and lies in the hollow where it formerly stood, resting on two grassy hummocks. The total length of stone (L 1.15m) suggests that only 0.1m of the stone was below ground as 1.05m was visible above the ground when the upright stone was recorded in 1989. However, the ground around the stone had been eroded by cattle by 0.1-0.15m. The bottom rectangular surface of the stone is very flat (dims. 0.37m x 0.34m).
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of revised upload: 8 November 2016
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.