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Standing stone (present location)

Kealfoun, County Waterford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Standing stone (present location), Kealfoun, 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
Kealfoun
County
Waterford
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.22035, -7.45697
SMR number
WA015-120----

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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

Formerly situated on a gentle NE-facing slope within the grounds of a school, with a N-S stream c. 180m to the NE. Between 1989 and 2004 the stone was moved to a position immediately outside the S wall of the school yard, towards the W end (see WA015-120----) (Scully 2018, Unpublished archaeological testing report). This is a conglomerate stone with a diamond-shaped cross-section and oriented E-W (dims. c. 1.1m x c. 0.5m; H 1.55m) with a pointed top. An IHS inscription over an incised chalice and the date 1831 is visible on one face. For the original location of the standing stone see WA015-079----.

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 24 April 2018

References

Scully, O. 2018 Archaeological impact assessment of proposed works at Fews National School, Co. Waterford. Licence No. 18E0166. Unpublished archaeological testing report.

Nearby in the register

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

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