Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Stone row
Gortnagulla, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gortnagulla
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Gallauns
- Coordinates
- 51.98705, -10.08582
- SMR number
- KE070-031----
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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
Located on rocky ground at the lower end of a ridge which runs to SW from Mullaghnarakill mountain, this site is comprised of a row of three stones and an enclosure. The row, of which one stone is now prostrate, measures 4.3m long and is orientated NE-SW. The stone at the NE end of the line stands 1.95m high, and measures .9m x .25m at base; it inclines slightly to SE. The second stone is .63m further to SW, and stands 1.8m high and measures .68m x .26m at base. The prostrate stone lies 1.42m further to SW, and measures 3.15m long. Rectangular in outline, it averages .8m wide and has a maximum thickness of .6m (Ó Nualláin 1988, 238).
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. 113. 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
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.