Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Carrickbeg, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrickbeg
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.33908, -7.40947
- SMR number
- WA003-087----
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
Situated towards the bottom of Carrickbeg Hill, at the edge of the floodplain of the W-E River Suir. This is a conglomerate stone with a rectangular cross-section (dims. 1.1m x 0.3m; H 1.55m) oriented NNE-SSW. It has a rounded crest and is damaged at both the N and S ends. Standing stone (WA003-072----) is c. 200m to the SE.
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
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stone (present location)under 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.