Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Gurteen Lower, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gurteen Lower
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.35683, -7.58413
- SMR number
- WA002-083----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
Sutuated at the bottom of a steep N-facing slope, just above the floodplain of the W-E River Suir. This is a sandstone monolith with a rectangular cross-section (dims. 1.2m x 0.4m; H 1.4m) and a pointed top. It is oriented E-W and has been damaged in antiquity.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 23 December 2008
Nearby in the register
- Castle - motteunder 1 mi
- Settlement deserted - medievalunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.