Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone - pair
An Riasc, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- An Riasc
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.16841, -10.38549
- SMR number
- KE042-059----
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 2 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 pair of standing stones set .95m apart in a NNW-SSE line, on the lowlying and somewhat marshy pastureland along the S side of Smerwick Harbour. The taller SE stone is 1.9m high, 1.1m wide and a maximum of .3m thick. A large packing stone is exposed at the base. The NW stone is 1.6m high and .9m x .4m at base.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 66. 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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.