Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Carrig, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrig
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.15176, -6.50857
- SMR number
- WI005-111----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
Part of a complex of prehistoric sites (WI005-079----, WI005-084----, WI005-081-----WI005-083----, WI005-110----) on the lower western slopes in Lugnagun overlooking Blessington Reservoir. One of two standing stones (H 1.37m), originally located approximately 15m N of Carrig cairn (WI005-084----), removed by the landowner some years ago. The standing stone marked a coarse urn pit burial.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 17 December 2008
Nearby in the register
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Cairn - burial cairnunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.