Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
Leagaun Standing Stone
Cloghagaddy, Fermanagh and Omagh, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- Record Only
- Type
- Standing Stone
- Date of construction
- Pre 1600
- Address
- Leagaun Standing Stone, Cloghagaddy, Newtownbutler, Co Fermanagh, BT92 6BY
- Townland
- Cloghagaddy
- Council
- Fermanagh and Omagh
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.21903, -7.34083
- Date of survey
- 12 December 2000
- HB reference
- HB12/02/045
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 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Department's description
Exterior description and setting
An ivy-clad standing stone (named Leagaun) at the southern tip of a field on the east side of a minor road. Comprises an undressed and tapering glacial sandstone erratic measuring c.250cm high and 130cm x 50cm in cross section.
Historical information
Of prehistoric date.
Secondary sources:
EHS Sites & Monuments Record, Ferm 246:47.
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
Not listed
Criteria for listing: historic interest
Not listed
Evaluation
This is a Scheduled Monument, Ferm 246:47.
Nearby in the register
- Lisnamallard FortArchaeological Siteunder 1 mi
- Bridgeunder 1 mi
- Bridgeunder 1 mi
- Ballagh CottageHouseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.