Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Coolnasmear Lower, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coolnasmear Lower
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.14259, -7.66346
- SMR number
- WA022-053----
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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
Located in the valley of a small E-W stream, c. 20m N of the stream and c. 140m from where it meets the N-S Colligan River. According to Power (1952, 142) Diarmaid liath - Grey Dermot - was the name of a standing stone at Coolnaspear, and it is known locally that a stone was removed from here.
Power, Rev. P. (1952) The placenames of the Decies. (second ed.) Cork University Press.
Compiled by: Michael Moore. Date of upload: 24th March, 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Kiln - limeunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.