Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone - pair
An Mhín Aird Thiar, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- An Mhín Aird Thiar
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.12432, -10.13618
- SMR number
- KE054-085----
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
A pair of standing stones set 7m apart in an ESE-WNW line, on a gentle E facing slope with good clear views in all directions. The taller SE stone is 1.5m high, 1.1m wide and .5m thick. A single packing stone is exposed at its SW side. The NW stone stands .7m high and is .7m wide x .6m thick; it inclines slightly to N.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 65. 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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.