Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Cloghera More, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cloghera More
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.95205, -9.86732
- SMR number
- KE082-013----
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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 15m SW of a rath (KE082-014----), in an extensive tract of bog overlooked by Carrauntoohil mountain at NE, this stone rises irregularly to a height of 1.16m from a base which is trapezoidal in plan; NE-SW. Clockwise from NW, the basal dimensions are 1.07m, .8m, .92m .and .9m. It is not marked on the OS maps.
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. 149. 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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.