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Standing stone

Parcellstown (Moygoish By.), County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Standing stone, Parcellstown, 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
Parcellstown (Moygoish By.)
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.54445, -7.46547
SMR number
WM018-067----

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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 the highest point of a ridge running NE-SW, with good views in all directions, directly overlooking a marshy valley to SE. Not depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map or the 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map.
Monument described in 1983 as a rectangular-shaped slab (approx. H 1.5m) which is rectangular in plan (approx. dims. c. 8cm x 6cm) at the base. It is worn by cattle using it as a scratching post, and a chunk has cracked out of the N side, giving the top a pointed appearance. Monument is not visible on Digital Globe aerial photography.

Compiled by: Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien

Date of upload: 05 February 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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