Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Tuitestown (moyashel & Magheradernon By.), County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tuitestown (moyashel & Magheradernon By.)
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.52535, -7.45606
- SMR number
- WM018-116----
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 top of a rise, in undulating pasture, with extensive views to N, E and W. Possible standing stone depicted on the 1837 OS Fair Plan map but not indicated on any edition of the OS 6-inch maps. Standing stone described in 1980 as a tall, narrow upright pillar stone (approx. H 1.6m) with a rectangular base (dims. 0.18m E-W; T 0.15m N-S) and a flat top. The stone appears to have been shaped and has quite sharp edges and the surface has been rubbed smooth from cattle scratching against it. At the time of inspection this stone was considered to have been erected as a modern livestock scratching post and not a prehistoric standing stone.
Compiled by: Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien
Date of upload: 11 February 2019
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Crossunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.