Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Rossmore, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rossmore
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.14497, -9.57739
- SMR number
- KE048-119----
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
In pasture, on an elevated area with a view over the surrounding countryside in all directions. This upright stone (H 1.8m; 1.3m x 0.9m) is rectangular in plan and narrows slightly towards its top. It is orientated NNE-SSW. It displays one cup-mark on top and at least seven cup-marks (diam. 0.04-0.05m; D 0.02-0.03m) on its SSW face. (Dunne and Dennehy 1999, 45)
Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork.
Date of upload: 31 January 2011
Nearby in the register
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Ogham stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.