Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
Standing Stone
Drumcovit, Causeway Coast and Glens, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- Record Only
- Type
- Standing Stone
- Date of construction
- Pre 1600
- Address
- Standing Stone, Glenedra Road, Drumcovit TD, Feeny, Co Londonderry
- Townland
- Drumcovit
- Council
- Causeway Coast and Glens
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.89039, -7.01310
- Date of survey
- 26 July 2000
- HB reference
- HB02/05/045
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 1881 "Ireland to Illustrate the Military Condition of the Country." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Department's description
Exterior description and setting
A standing stone at a field boundary in Drumcovit townland, approximately 1400mm high and 700mm at base resembling an overgrown bishop’s mitre. Situated between 2 trees makes a good visual impression.
Historical information
This stone is indicated on the O.S. Map 1830 Rev. 1905 one field N of Tandragee Fort. M No. LDY 30/13
References
Primary Sources
1. O.S. Map 1830 Rev. 1905 Londonderry SH 30
Secondary Sources
1. Banagher History Group, Historic Monuments and Sites of Banagher p. 24
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
Not listed
Criteria for listing: historic interest
Not listed
Evaluation
An elongated cone of a standing stone making a good visual impression between two small trees.
Nearby in the register
- Tandragee FortFortunder 1 mi
- Former Flax MillDemolishedunder 1 mi
- Former Flax MillStoreunder 1 mi
- St Joseph’s R.C. ChurchChurchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.