Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Ahaun (decies Within Drum By.), County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ahaun (decies Within Drum By.)
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not idicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Cloch Átháin
- Coordinates
- 52.01896, -7.66924
- SMR number
- WA035-012----
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 top of Ahaun Hill. This is a shale stone with a rectangular cross-section (dims. 1-1.4m x 0.3m; H 1.95m) oriented NE-SW, with an irregular profile at NE.
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.
Date of upload/revision: 6th October, 2011
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Nearby in the register
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rath1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassified1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.