Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
Standing stone at Kilcoroon House
Portavoe, Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- Record Only
- Type
- Standing Stone
- Date of construction
- Pre 1600
- Address
- Standing stone at Kilcoroon House, 146 Warren Road, Portavoe, Donaghadee, Co Down, BT21 0PQ
- Townland
- Portavoe
- Council
- Ards and North Down
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.66141, -5.56459
- HB reference
- HB24/06/020
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 1690 "Scotland below the Tay." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Department's description
Exterior description and setting
Large, presumably prehistoric, standing stone, situated in what is now the front garden of a house on the W side of Warren Road, c.1.5 miles NW of Donaghadee town centre.
The stone is irregular in shape and measures roughly 2.5m in height by 1.2m (at its greatest extent). The ‘Archaeological Survey of Co Down’ (Belfast 1966) states that this particular rock is sandstone, but to the writers it appears to be fieldstone [?greywacke].
Historical information
This standing stone is presumably prehistoric. It is shown on the OS map of 1834.
SMR DOW 2:13.
References- Primary sources
1 PRONI OS/6/3/2/1 OS map, Co Down sh 2, 1834
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
Not listed
Criteria for listing: historic interest
Not listed
Evaluation
Large, presumably prehistoric, standing stone.
Nearby in the register
- 'Stramore Lodge',Houseunder 1 mi
- [?2] Stockbridge RoadHouseunder 1 mi
- House on Portavoe PointHouseunder 1 mi
- The Stone HouseHouseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.