Standing stone

Killarn, 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, Glenmoore Farm, Holywood Road, Killarn, Newtownards, Co. Down, BT23 4?
Townland: Killarn
Council: Ards and North Down
Country: Northern Ireland
Coordinates: 54.61057, -5.76578
Date of survey: 07 April 1998
HB reference: HB24/11/024

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The Department's description

Exterior description and setting

Standing stone set in a field to the rear (W) of Glenmoore farm, at the end of a lane to the W of the Holywood Road, c.2 miles NW of Newtownards. The stone is sandstone [?Scrabo] and measures roughly 1.75m in height and 0.75 x 0.5m at the base. It is irregularly shaped and has what appear to be fault lines to its E face.

Historical information

Presumably this stone was erected in prehistoric times and perhaps possessed religious significance. It is marked on the OS Maps of 1833/4 and 1858-60.

References- Primary sources
1 PRONI Ordnance Survey Maps, 1st edition 1834/5, Co. Down sheet 5.
2 PRONI Ordnance Survey Maps, 1st revision 1858-60, Co. Down sheet 5.

Secondary sources
1 'Archaeological survey of County Down' (HMSO 1966), p.96.

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

Not listed

Criteria for listing: historic interest

Not listed

Evaluation

Prehistoric (sandstone) standing stone set in field to the immediate rear of a farmhouse.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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