Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
An Gleann Mór (bar. Corca Dhuibhne, Tc Dún Chaoin), County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- An Gleann Mór (bar. Corca Dhuibhne, Tc Dún Chaoin)
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.14129, -10.43964
- SMR number
- KE042-132009-
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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
(9) A standing stone and unclassified megalithic structure located 4m apart on the N slopes of the valley. The standing stone is 1.49m high x 1.27m wide (NE-SW), and its SE face bears 2 doubtful cup-marks. A packing stone is visible at its SW side. The megalithic structure [KE042-132010-], measuring c. 2.3m N-S x 1.4m E-W, is defined along its W side by 2 upright slabs, 1.29m and .77m high, and on its S side by a .7m high slab which tilts markedly to SW. Also at the S end, partly embedded in the ground, is what appears to be either a capstone or displaced orthostat. Beyond the NW end of the site is a prostrate slab now for the most part buried. It is not possible to classify the structure from a surface examination alone, but it may represent some form of grave. (Fig. 12)
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 24. 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
- Megalithic structureunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.