Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Ballymacaw, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballymacaw
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.13778, -7.04618
- SMR number
- WA027-064----
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
Located on top of a vertical sea cliff, it is known locally as 'The White Lady'. This is a conglomerate stone with a subrectangular cross-section (dims. 1m x 0.3-0.55m; H 1.77m) oriented NW-SE. The top is damaged by frost action, leaving a central high point like a head rising above shoulders. (Decie 1983, 56)
Decie (1983) Old Waterford Society survey. Decies, No. 16, 24, 42-57.
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/revision: 10 June 2011
Nearby in the register
- Promontory fort - coastalunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.