Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Lisroe (clanmaurice By.), County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lisroe (clanmaurice By.)
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.40906, -9.41641
- SMR number
- KE017-030----
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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
Located in a small field or paddock in front of a series of buildings, including a dwelling house and sheds, on the S side of a large rounded hill. The dominant aspect id to the S, but there are good views also to the E and W.
This is an impressive standing stone, known locally as ‘Carriglea’. It is triangular in shape, measuring 1.5m in height, 1.6m in maximum width and 0.5m thick, and aligned E-W on its long axis. The type of stone is uncertain, but it appears to be a form of granite. It was formerly incorporated into a small field boundary. This must be in the recent past, as there is no settlement indicated here on the Ordnance Survey 1st edition map, or on the subsequent 25 inch map. The stone is marked as ‘Carriglea’ on both these maps.
Compiled by: Frank Coyne
Date of upload: 06 September 2013
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rath1 mi
- Enclosure1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.