Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Newtown (Decies without Drum By., Dungarvan Par.), County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Newtown (Decies without Drum By., Dungarvan Par.)
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.06640, -7.64083
- SMR number
- WA036-030----
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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)
- 1865 · Ireland, (South) Sheet. (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
On a gentle NE-facing slope, 30m N of the crest of a broad flat-topped ridge. The Comeragh Mountains are visible to the N, the estuary to the E where the River Brickey flows into the Dungarvan estuary, Helvick Head to ESE, there is a ridge of hills to the S which continues to the SW as Drum Hills. The land rises gradually to W and NW where the view is limited. A roughly circular water-logged hollow (diam. c. 5m) marks the former location of the standing stone in a field is traditionally called the ‘Stone Field’ (Knight-O’Connor et al. 2017). There is a concentration of dock weeds around the edge of the hollow. A standing stone had stood in this hollow until c. 2014 (ibid.). The stone (WA036-031----) now lies in the farmyard 400m to the NW (ibid.).
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 4 December 2017
Nearby in the register
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- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.