James McCormack’s Hooping Stone
James McCormack’s Hooping Stone is a historic site in Newry, Northern Ireland. James McCormack’s Hooping Stone is situated nearby to the community center Rostrevor Men’s Shed, as well as near Rostrevor Post Office.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cloughmore.
Cloughmore
Stone
Photo: Oisin obrien, Public domain.
Cloughmore or Cloghmore, known locally as "The Big Stone", is a huge granite boulder perched on a mountainside almost 1,000 feet above the village of Rostrevor, County Down, Northern Ireland. Cloughmore is situated 1 mile southeast of James McCormack’s Hooping Stone.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rostrevor and Killowen.
Rostrevor
Village
Photo: Albert Bridge, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rostrevor is a village and townland in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies at the foot of Slieve Martin on the coast of Carlingford Lough, near Warrenpoint.
Killowen
Hamlet
Photo: P Flannagan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Killowen is a small village in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is in the townland of Ballinran near Rostrevor and on the shore of Carlingford Lough. Ballinran is in the Electoral Division of Killowen, in Civil Parish of Kilbroney, in the barony of Iveagh Upper, Upper Half within the Newry and Mourne District Council area. Killowen is situated 2 miles south of James McCormack’s Hooping Stone.
Warrenpoint
Town
Photo: Ardfern, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Warrenpoint is a small port town and civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland. It sits at the head of Carlingford Lough, south of Newry, and is separated from the Republic of Ireland by a narrow strait. Warrenpoint is situated 2 miles west of James McCormack’s Hooping Stone.
James McCormack’s Hooping Stone
- Type: Historic site
- Inscription: “This stone, known as a Hooping Stone was owned and worked by the late James McCormack, a blacksmith from Rostrevor.”
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Newry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.1013° or 54° 6′ 5″ northLongitude
-6.19892° or 6° 11′ 56″ westOpen location code
9C6M4R22+GCOpenStreetMap ID
way 1497398072OpenStreetMap feature
historic=tyring_platform
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In Other Languages
“James McCormack’s Hooping Stone” goes by many names.
- Irish: “An Cloch Brógacht”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Rostrevor Men’s Shed and Rostrevor Post Office.
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