Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Carrickavarahane, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrickavarahane
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.17996, -7.20314
- SMR number
- WA026-081----
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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 at the top of a SW-facing slope overlooking Ballyscanlan Lough to the SW, in pasture with rock outcrop in the vicinity. The Comeragh Mountains are visible to the W. This is a green-coloured stone (dims. 1.2m x 0.7m; H 1.1m) with a rectangular cross-section and oriented E-W.
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.
See attached:
WA026-081----_01 Viewed from N (photograph taken 30 March 2021)
WA026-081----_01 Viewed from NNW (photograph taken 30 March 2021)
WA026-081----_03 Standing stone to the right with Comeragh Mountains to W and Ballyscanlan Lough to the SW (Google Earth satellite imagery, imagery date September 2019)
WA026-081----_04 Standing stone to the left with Comeragh Mountains to W and rock outcrop to the NW (Google Earth satellite imagery, imagery date September 2019)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Revised by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload/revision: 14 February 2022
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.