Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Petitswood, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Petitswood
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.52398, -7.33240
- SMR number
- WM019-058----
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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 in level pasture, on the E side of Mullingar town. Depicted on the 1837 OS 6-inch map as a standing stone. Annotated 'Standing Stone' on 1837 OS Fair Plan map where it is shown standing W of the canal near the townland boundary. Levelled monument described in 1983 as no surface remains visible. Levelled monument not visible on Digital Globe aerial photography.
Compiled by: Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien
Date of upload: 04 June 2019
Nearby in the register
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Religious house - Augustinian canonsunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.