Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Stone circle
Toor, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Toor
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.06325, -6.56946
- SMR number
- WI016-020001-
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 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
On relatively level ground with a thin cover of blanket bog. Three standing stones comprising of a single stone opposing a pair. The single stone (max. H 0.9m; Wth 1.4m; T 0.25m) has a rough v-shaped profile at top and an E-W long axis. The opposing pair of stones are 2.1m NNE of the single stone and are 1.25m apart. Stone 'A' of the pair (max. H 1.05m; Wth 1m; T 40cm) has a , long axis roughly NW-SE. Stone 'B' (max. H 1m; Wth 0.8m; T 0.25m) has an E-W long axis.
Compiled by: Matt Kelleher
Date of upload: 15 January 2013
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Stone circleunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.