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Ogham stone (present location)

Trooperstown, County Wicklow, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ogham stone (present location), Trooperstown, County Wicklow, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Trooperstown
County
Wicklow
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.00247, -6.25315
SMR number
WI024-041----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1799 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1841 · Ireland. (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

Large boulder situated on the side of the road where it has been incorporated into the stone wall of a property boundary. Stone is not in its original location and was taken from another location and inserted into present property boundary roadside wall. A series of grooves are visible which have been cut into the edge of the stone. it is not clear whether this is a genuine Ogham stone or just large boulder with natural grooves along the edge of the boulder.

Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien

Date of upload: 7 September 2020

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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