Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Clongeen, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Clongeen
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.29858, -6.77104
- SMR number
- WX040-071----
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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 in the valley of a NW-SE stream, which is c. 20m to the N. A stone with a rectangular cross section (dims. 0.75m x 0.55-0.8m; H 1.3m) has a pointed top and is roughly oriented E-W. Archaeological testing (01E0977) in the vicinity of the stone by produced no archaeological material (Hurley 2006) and the stone is now preserved on a small green in a new housing development. Standing stone (WX040-085----) is c. 160m to the N.
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: 19 February, 2013
References
Hurley, M. 2006 Clongeen. No archaeological significance. in I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavations 2003: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 531-2, No. 2014. Bray, Wordwell
Nearby in the register
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.