Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Decorated stone
Kimego West, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kimego West
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.95807, -10.26198
- SMR number
- KE079-016002-
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
There is a number of incised carvings on the N side-wall of the first passage, close to the creepway. It is unclear whether these were incised into the face of the bedrock or only into the layer of dried mud which adheres to it. Of uncertain date, they include a number of concentric circles and a quadruped animal.
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. 602. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 29 July 2013
This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 85/1940).
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- House - early medievalunder 1 mi
- House - early medievalunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.