Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Tobercormick, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tobercormick
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Standing Stone
- Latest-edition OS map
- Standing Stone
- Coordinates
- 53.50493, -7.58825
- SMR number
- WM024-020----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 S-facing slope of a ridge, in pasture, with wide views to S and W. Washford House lies c. 125m to SW. Annotated ‘Standing Stone’ on OS 6-inch map. Monument described in 1978 as an upright limestone slab (approx. H 1.95m; base Wth 1.9m; T 0.3m) with slightly rounded top which currently stands inclined at an angle of 45°. A number of small loose stones lie on the surface of the ground.
Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien.
Date of upload: 31 July 2019
Nearby in the register
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Crossunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.