Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ogham stone
Ardywanig, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ardywanig
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Gallaun
- Coordinates
- 52.14607, -9.65740
- SMR number
- KE047-068----
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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
In pasture, on level ground, to the rear of modern farmyard buildings. A stone is indicated and named 'Gallaun' on the OS 6-inch maps. It is listed as an ogham stone by Walsh (1972, 16). There are no visible remains of this stone. According to local information, it was buried in the 1960s near where it once stood. There is a possible ogham stone (KE047-078001-) c. 750m to the N.
Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork.
Date of upload: 30 May 2011
References
Walsh, A. 1972a A preliminary report on monuments of archaeological interest in Co. Kerry. An Forás Forbartha Teoranta.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.