Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Stone row
Curraduff, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Curraduff
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.21693, -9.89713
- SMR number
- KE037-035----
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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
The precise details of this site are a little uncertain. Situated on the steep E side of Glenfais, with extensive views along the valley and N across Tralee Bay, it is shown on the OS maps as a single 'Gallaun'. However, it was later described as 'an alignment of 3 stones' orientated roughly N-S (Browne et al. 1911, 49). The two N stones, 2.7m and 3.4m long, lay prostrate 3.4m apart; the 3rd stone stood 7.7m to S and was 2.5m high and 1.98m wide tapering to a point at top. The number of prostrate slabs was elsewhere (CKFC 1939, 19 and 1941, 181) given as 3 and 7 or 8. The stones had been broken up and removed by 1945 (CKFC 1945, 576).
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 54. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 3 August 2013
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.