Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone - pair
Coumduff, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coumduff
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.17175, -10.07324
- SMR number
- KE044-022----
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
Situated on the lower slopes of Knockmulanane, this site is comprised of a standing stone, now incorporated into a field fence, and a large prostrate slab which lies directly W of it and which may formerly have stood upright. The standing stone measures 2.8m in height and 1.4m x .9m at base, tapering slightly towards the top; E-W. The prostrate slab is triangular in outline and measures 3.1m x 1.5m x .45m in thickness.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 57. 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
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Cupmarked stoneunder 1 mi
- Rock artunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.