Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Stone row
Beal Middle, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Beal Middle
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.56796, -9.64454
- SMR number
- KE001-007----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
This stone alignment is situated in pastureland, close to a circular rath (120), and overlooks the Shannon estuary. The stone alignment is represented by five set and one prostrate stone. The tallest at the NE measures 2.05m high, 1.4m wide and 1m thick. A gap of 1.4m separates this from the next stone, which is 1.8m high, .7m wide, .8m thick. Beside this is a stone which rises no more then .15m above the group level. Beyond this is the prostrate stone measuring 2.2m by .85m which may have formed part of the row. Next is a stone .30m high, .65m wide and .65m thick. This is 2.85m from the second stone of the row. The stone at the SW is .95m from the next stone. This stone measures 1.65m high, 1.20m wide and .75m thick. The overall length of the row is 9.3m.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 30. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 1 August 2013
References
ASIAP - Archaeological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1996 - c. 2010).
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Promontory fort - coastalunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.