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Standing stone

Monadiha, County Waterford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Standing stone, Monadiha, County Waterford, 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
Monadiha
County
Waterford
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.31477, -7.52158
SMR number
WA002-065----

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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

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

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

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