Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Boundary stone
Adamstown (middlethird By., Kilmeadan Par.), County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Adamstown (middlethird By., Kilmeadan Par.)
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Carrolls Coffin
- Coordinates
- 52.22790, -7.23432
- SMR number
- WA016-122----
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid 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
Located at the N side of the NW-SE road known as the Sweep, on a W-facing slope. A shale stone (dims. 1.2m x 0.8m x 0.5m) which is not earthfast is lying in a slight hollow. The folk history is now forgotten.
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 - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.