Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Parcellstown (moygoish By.), County Westmeath, Ireland
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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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 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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.