Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone (present location)
Killeacle, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killeacle
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.34673, -9.78901
- SMR number
- KE020-020004-
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 tall stone situated on a hilltop within a fieldbank, it has a commanding view of the surrounding countryside. This stone rises to a height of 2.2m, it has a rectangular plan at the base and extends to a peak at the top. Originally it lay about 20.4m SE (KE020-020001-) on top of a mound but was removed to the fieldbank in the 1940s. This stone is marked on the 1842 and 1897 OS maps as 'Gallaun'.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 21. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 23 September 2013
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.