Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Gibbethill, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gibbethill
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.26486, -7.13821
- SMR number
- WA009-015----
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University Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid 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
Situated just off the summit of a small knoll known as Gibbet Hill, on a plateau overlooking the River Suir. A conglomerate stone with a rectangular cross-section (dims. 1m x 0.45-0.6m; max. H 1.4m) is oriented N-S. Archaeological testing (03E0957) in the surrounding area by Colm Moloney (2006) and Catriona Gleeson (05E0421) (Gleeson 2008) failed to produce any related material. (Cassidy 1992)
Cassidy, N. (1992) A standing stone at Gibbet Hill, Waterford, Decies, No. 45, 12-13.
Gleeson, C. (2008) Bowes Head, Gibbett Hill, Gracedieu. Testing. in I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavations 2005: summary accounts of excavations in Ireland, 363, No. 1493. Wordwell. Dublin.
Moloney, C. (2006) Gibbethill. No archaeological significance. in I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavations 2003: summary accounts of excavations in Ireland, 498, No. 1877. Wordwell. Bray.
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: 09 November 2010
Compiled by: Michael Moore
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.