Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Battstown, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Battstown
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.59946, -7.17215
- SMR number
- WM013-025----
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 low rise with good views to the N. A limestone pillar (H 1.5m; dims 0.2m x 0.15m) rectangular in plan which tapers towards the top. The area around the base has been trampled by cattle so it now stands in a hollow. Possibly a prehistoric standing stone although the stone has the appearance of a livestock scratching post of post-1700 date.
Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 4 April 2018
Nearby in the register
- Settlement deserted - medievalunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Barrow - mound barrowunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.