Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Liss Lower, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Liss Lower
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.97288, -10.11778
- SMR number
- KE070-060----
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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
Not recorded on the OS maps, this low orthostat stands in blanket bog on the S bank of the Ferta river. It reaches a height of just 1.04m above present ground level, and measures .75m x .1m in basal dimensions; NE SW. It inclines slightly to NW.
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. 198. 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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.