Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Ballincloher, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballincloher
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.38927, -9.67987
- SMR number
- KE015-075----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
A large irregular limestone gallán which is almost square in plan at the base but rectangular in elevation. It rises to a height of 3.34m, its maximum width measures 1.35m and it is .95m thick. A large slab lies at the foot of the N face while to the E is a large stone .9m x 4m. According to tradition this stone originally stood elsewhere in the field but was removed to its present position. On the 1841-42 and 1916 OS maps this stone is marked as 'Dallaun'.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 20. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 1 August 2013
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Burnt spreadunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.