Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Killelton (corkaguiny By.), County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killelton (corkaguiny By.)
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.22715, -9.87928
- SMR number
- KE037-023----
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
On the 2nd edition of the OS map a symbol, similar to that for a standing stone, is shown untitled here, on a NNW facing slope overlooking Tralee Bay and the adjacent lowlying coastal strip. A large boulder, 3.6m long, 1.05 to .3m wide and .6m thick, appears to have been fairly recently set resting on top of a field wall immediately to S. Perhaps it formerly stood upright, but the evidence is insufficient for definite classification.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 153. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 4 August 2013
Nearby in the register
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- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.