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Standing stone

Ballynaclogh South, County Waterford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Standing stone, Ballynaclogh South, 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
Ballynaclogh South
County
Waterford
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.18674, -7.19746
SMR number
WA026-069----

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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)
  • 1869 · 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)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on a broad plateau. Probably a local greenstone covered in lichen, with a hexagonal cross-section at the base (dims. c. 1m x c. 0.8m; H 2.65m), a pointed top and no discernible orientation. (Atkins 1896, 158-9)

Atkins, R. (1896) The rude stone monuments of our own and other lands. WAJ. Vol. 2, 131-61.

The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload/revision: 27 May 2011

Nearby in the register

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

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