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Standing stone

Portloman, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Standing stone, Portloman, County Westmeath, 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
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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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · 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

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

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

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