Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Bolany, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Bolany
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Standing Stone
- Coordinates
- 52.72506, -6.36202
- SMR number
- WX006-011----
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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
Marked only on the 1940 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on the floor of the W-E Blackwater Stream which is c. 30m to the N. It was described in 1939 as having a rectangular cross-section (dims c. 0.5m E-W; c. 0.1-0.2m N-S; H c. 0.5m) (OSFM). It was not visible at ground level in pasture in 1987. The possible standing stone (WX006-010----) is c. 230m to the SSW and the possible standing stone (WX006-012----) is c. 100m to the NE on the other side of the stream.
The obove description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wexford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1996). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 20 November, 2012
References
OSFM. Ordnance Survey Field Memorandums. A collection of survey notes and descriptions of monuments on pro-forma sheets compiled by Ordnance Survey field staff in the course of the 1:2500 map revision of various counties, mostly dating from 1931 – early 1960s. These unpublished manuscripts form part of the records of the Archaeological Survey of Ireland, National Monuments Service Archive, Dublin.
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.