Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Ballyleigh, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyleigh
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.45782, -6.89719
- SMR number
- WX023-002002-
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University Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
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 at the centre of cashel (WX023-002001-). There was a small upright stone (dims c. 0.25m x 0.25m; H c. 0.85m) that is no longer present and which is unlikely to be an antiquity (Macalister 1937).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 25 June, 2012
References
Macalister, R. A. S. 1937 Miscellanea. A circular stone fort in Co. Wexford. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, vol. 67, 311.
Nearby in the register
- Hilltop enclosureunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.