Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Cahernaman, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cahernaman
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Gallaun
- Coordinates
- 51.99327, -10.09188
- SMR number
- KE070-025001-
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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
This tall standing stone is located in poorly drained land on the S side of Meelin ridge, which is a W spur of Been Hill. Regular in elevation, it tapers evenly as it rises to a height of 2.95m. It measures .8m x .4m at base; N-S. In the early part of the twentieth century land drainage operations, close to the standing stone, resulted in the removal of 'a large flag supported by a stone at each of its four corners' (Ua Riain 1927). No trace remains of this feature, which may have been a boulder-burial.
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. 138. 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
- Boulder-burialunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.