Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Dromalonhurt, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dromalonhurt
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Gallaun
- Coordinates
- 51.97736, -9.87709
- SMR number
- KE072-010----
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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
Situated on flat marshy land W of the Caragh river, and approximately 135m S of another standing stone (KE072-009----), this low stone is roughly rectangular in basal plan and tapers in elevation towards a flat top. Standing 1.6m high, it inclines slightly to E and measures .87m x .35m at base; N-S.
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. 176. 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
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Rock artunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Souterrain1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.