Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Scartaglin, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Scartaglin
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.18732, -9.38874
- SMR number
- KE049-028002-
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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
Standing stone (No. 5) to N of stone circle described by O'Hare (1996, 11-12) as follows; 'The outlier, stone 5, stands c. 2m southwest of stone 3. It measures 1.25 in height, 96cm in breadth and c. 59cm in width. The stone, which is rectangular in section, is aligned east west. A number of other stones lie scattered in and around the site and probably represent field clearance'.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 21 April 2022
References
O'Hare, P. 1996 A Stone Alignment at Knockrower West. Journal of the Kerry Archaeological and Historical Society 29, 10-12.
Nearby in the register
- Stone circleunder 1 mi
- Standing stone - pairunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.