Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Cill Maoilchéadair, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cill Maoilchéadair
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Thiefs Stone
- Latest-edition OS map
- Thiefs Stone
- Coordinates
- 52.18314, -10.33694
- SMR number
- KE042-027----
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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
Cow and Thief's Stone described by Cuppage (1986, 323, no. 855) as follows; 'These are 2 stones set on either side of the roadway about 150m S of the graveyard [KE042-026017-]. The E stone stands 0.81m high at the base of the road boundary fence but the W stone is now buried. Legend tells of a thief who attempted to steal a cow but was prevented from doing so by a holy man who caused the thief's foot to stick in one stone and the cow's hoof to become embedded in the other (Curran no.8). It is not clear what the original purpose of these stones was or what, if any, was their relationship to the ecclesiastical site'.
References
Cuppage, J. 1986 Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne.
Nearby in the register
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Leachtunder 1 mi
- Crossunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.