Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Knocknaraha, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knocknaraha
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Gallan
- Coordinates
- 52.07860, -7.94064
- SMR number
- WA029-035----
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 on a low spur on a N-facing slope. This is an Old Red Sandstone monolith with quartz veins and a rectangular cross-section (dims. 0.8m x 0.55m; H 2.2m), oriented NE-SW. This stone has fallen since 1991.
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.
Revised by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 10 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Mill - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Penitential stationunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.