Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Drom (iveragh By.), County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Drom (iveragh By.)
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Gallaun
- Coordinates
- 52.03718, -9.97863
- SMR number
- KE063-017----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
This stone, located on a slight terrace on the E side of a low hill between Knocknatinna and Ross Behy mountains, overlooks Dingle Bay. Trapezoidal in basal plan and irregular in elevation, it measures 2.05m x 1.2m x .35m; NE-SW. The SW side of the stone rises almost vertically, while the other side tapers gradually towards its flat top. The stone inclines to NW, and is markedly more weathered on this face. Adjacent to it at NW are two thick slabs, set at right angles to one another; these average 1.15m long and .55m thick, and their tops barely protrude above ground level.
The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 175. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 28 July 2013
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.