Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Ardnurcher, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ardnurcher
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.39978, -7.59133
- SMR number
- WM031-097----
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 in undulating pasture, with extensive views in all directions. St Brigid’s Well (WM031-096----) lies c. 58m to SW. Depicted on the 1837 OS Fair Plan map as a standing stone to E of Brides Well. Levelled monument described in 1982 as no surface remains visible. There is no local memory of a standing stone near the well. Monument is not visible today on Digital Globe aerial photography.
Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien.
Date of upload: 22 November 2019
Nearby in the register
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- House - medievalunder 1 mi
- Wall monument - effigialunder 1 mi
- Burial Vaultunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.