Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Portloman, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Portloman
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.56973, -7.40828
- SMR number
- WM011-147----
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 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on a slight ridge in grassland 60m from the W shore of Lough Owel, Portloman Church (WM011-145----) 150m to N and standing stone (WM011-146----) lies 220m to W. A limestone slab (H 1.75m; dims. 0.3m x 0.25m) set in concrete with a benchmark (347ft.) at the base of the stone. The stone is broken and would originally have been higher. The lower portion is polished by cattle due to its use as a scratching stone. Marked as 'Standing stone' on 1837 OS Fair Plan map.
Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 30 August 2017
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Crossunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.