Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Cordal West, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cordal West
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.20551, -9.37747
- SMR number
- KE040-136----
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 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Standing stone described by O'Hare (1996, 11) as follows; 'This sandstone block, which is roughly rectangular in section, stands in an area of mountainous bog, on a break in a west facing slope. The site commands a fine view over the lowlying plain to the north and northwest. Standing in a slight depression, the base of the stone was at the time of this visit, concealed to a height of 40cm by water. The stone, which is aligned east west, stands to a height of 1.45m. it measures 95cm in breadth and 45cm in width and appears to bear no distinguishing marks. The immediate area appears to be devoid of stone'.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 21 April 2022
References
O'Hare, P. 1996 A Stone Alignment at Knockrower West. Journal of the Kerry Archaeological and Historical Society 29, 10-12.
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.