Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Porterstown (cooke), County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Porterstown (cooke)
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Stone
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.50336, -7.16310
- SMR number
- WM027-016----
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 N side of a small ridge, in pasture, with good views in all directions. Ringfort (WM027-017----) lies c. 170m to SE. Annotated 'Stone' on 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map. Monument described in 1976 as a large, limestone boulder (dims. 1.7m N-S; 0.75m E-W; H 2.35m) orientated N-S on its long-axis. Roughly rectangular in elevation, the surface is rough and uneven with numerous natural grooves and depressions. It has been used as a scratching post in recent times resulting in a hollow area around the base of the stone. There is an area of disturbance to the immediate N. A second, smaller stone lies prostrate a short distance to S.
Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien.
Date of upload: 06 November 2019
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Cistunder 1 mi
- Cistunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.