What is recorded here

Standing stone in Elmpark Demesne is a limestone upright a little over a metre high in pasture near the Barnakyle River, old enough to predate both the 1840 and 1897 maps yet absent from them. It may have marked a boundary, a burial, a meeting place or simply resisted the plough, but no hand has explained it since Paul O’Keeffe recorded it for a road scheme. The demesne grounds have changed owners and shapes while the stone remains vertical, waiting for someone to tell whether it is a monument or a mistake.

In pasture within the former grounds of Elmpark Demesne, 175m S of Barnakyle River that marks the townland boundary with Doon. Not depicted on either the 1840 0S 6-inch map or the 1897 25-inch OS map. Identified by Paul O’Keeffe, Mid-West National Road Design Office when it was described as following; ‘Found on foot of landowner submission regarding the proposed Foynes to Limerick Road Scheme. A limestone upright a little over a metre high' (pers. comm. P. O’Keeffe, 2015). Visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 19/11/2019 with traces of relic field boundaries to N and W. Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date upload: 2 July 2020

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.