Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Derreeny, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Derreeny
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.93795, -9.79290
- SMR number
- KE082-071----
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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 site is locally referred to as a 'gallaun'. It is located at the head of the Kealduff river valley, and four examples of rock art occur in its immediate vicinity (KE082-067----, KE082-072----, KE082-073----, KE082-074----). Rectangular in elevation, the stone stands .8m high and measures .42m x .37m at base; WNW-ESE.
See attached photograph courtesy of Aoibheann Lambe
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. 166. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Revised by Caimin O'Brien based on details provided bv Aoibheann Lambe
Date of revised upload: 13 March 2023
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.