Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Coan, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coan
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.96970, -6.53877
- SMR number
- WI022-032----
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 a gentle W-facing slope of average grazing land with occasional granite outcrops on the lower slopes of Camarahill and overlooking the Little Slaney River which flows nearby to the E. Good views of Keadeen to the SW, as well as Brusselstown Ring to the W, and also of the Sugarloaf and Lobawn to the N. A low, granite slab tapering towards the top (H 1.02m; Wth at base 0.92m; T 0.2m) orientated N-S. The E face is flat while the W face is more rounded. A second standing stone (WI022-030----) stands c. 130m to the N.
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 17 December 2012
Nearby in the register
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Flat cemetery1 mi
- Ringfort - rath1 mi
- House - 18th/19th century1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.