Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Killarecastle, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killarecastle
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.49150, -7.59072
- SMR number
- WM024-047----
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
Described in 1978 as following; ‘The stone has recently been uprooted & it now lies on its face inside the field fence. The overall length of the stone is approx. 2.95m. The original length above ground was approx. 2.05m. The overall width at the widest point was 1.3m. The stone stood on the western side of a gentle slope with fairly wide views in all directions. Nothing was found when the stone was uprooted’ (SMR File 02/05/1978). Stone described by N W English as measuring 2.1m high, 1.26m wide at ground level, 0.46m thick being greatest thickness at ground level (SMR File English Slide No. 254).
Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien
Date of upload: 10 March 2016
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Cistunder 1 mi
- Buildingunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.