Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Castlekelly, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Castlekelly
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Finn Mac Cools Stone
- Coordinates
- 53.21767, -6.33756
- SMR number
- DU025-080----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated inside the boundary wall of Glenasmole Lodge. A standing stone consisting of a large granite boulder which formerly had a marble slab set into it which bore the following inscription 'Finna koon one of the Irish giants carried this stone on his shoulder from the opposite mountain on April 1st 1444. He was 9 feet7 inches high and weighed 44 stone' (Healy 1961, 115). Precise location unknown.
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy
Revised upload on: 28 July 2018
References
Healy, P. 1961 The Valley of Glenasmole. Dublin Historical Record 16, 109-30.
Nearby in the register
- Megalithic tomb - portal tombunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.