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
- 53.55876, -7.41102
- SMR number
- WM018-026----
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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 rise, in generally level pasture. Not depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map or on the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map. A possible standing stone (WM018-026----) lies c. 195m to NW. No antiquity marked at this location on any edition of the OS 6-inch map.
Described in 1983 as an upright stone (approx. H 1.5m) which is rectangular in plan (approx. dims. 0.07m x 0.05m) worn smooth on the sides by livestock rubbing against it. There is a slight groove cut into the top of the stone. Cattle have worn a hollow area around the base of the stone. This stone may be relatively modern, being erected as a scratching post. Of doubtful antiquity.
Compiled by: Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien
Date of upload: 11 January 2019
Nearby in the register
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Castle - motteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.