Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Woodstown (middlethird By., Islandikane Par.), County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Woodstown (middlethird By., Islandikane Par.)
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.14273, -7.26410
- SMR number
- WA025-121----
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 the N-facing slope of a small E-W valley. This is an Old Red Sandstone upright (dims. 0.9m x 0.25-0.3m; H 1.4m) oriented N-S with a rounded point. The stone leans slightly to the E. A fulacht fiadh (WA025-122----) is c. 180m to the S.
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.
Compiled by: Michael Moore.
Date of upload: 20th May, 2011.
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Monumental structureunder 1 mi
- Promontory fort - coastalunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.