Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Mass-rock
Shrone Beg, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Shrone Beg
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.05273, -9.26788
- SMR number
- KE068-114----
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 undulating pasture, with views S to The Paps of Dana. According to local information, a mass-rock once existed at this location, which is obscured by overgrowth. No remains of this mass-rock are now visible. There is a standing stone (KE068-095----) c. 280m to the N.
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
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.