Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Kilcavan Upper, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilcavan Upper
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.70317, -6.22416
- SMR number
- WX007-053----
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 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on a fairly gentle NW-facing slope at the base of Tara Hill. A stone is aligned NE–SW (dims. 0.7m x 0.5m; H 1.1 m).
The above 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.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload/revision: 16 March 2012
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.