Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 22 January 2025
766. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide all the information in relation to the recording of a standing stone (details supplied); the date it was notified to his Department; the date it became officially recorded; the professional qualification of the individual who identified and validated the monument in question; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1126/25]
View answerFrom time to time the National Monuments Service (NMS) will consider referrals for addition to our records of archaeological monuments. A referral in relation to a standing stone (CL015-131 on the Sites and Monuments Record) was submitted to the NMS in 2005 with a grid reference and a townland in order that the stone could be located. Unfortunately, an error was made in the creation of the record of this monument on the NMS system.
An inspection was carried out by NMS archaeologists in September 2024 and a full new record was made at this stage at the correct location in the adjacent townland of Ballingaddy West. The Historic Environment Viewer is currently being upgraded and NMS will make updates on it as soon as this project is completed and this record too will be updated.
