Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Derrygarrane South, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Derrygarrane South
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.91124, -9.75677
- SMR number
- KE083-081----
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
This standing stone is located on the lower SW spur of Knocklomena mountain, from which it overlooks the Blackwater river valley and the Beara Peninsula to S. Situated in extensive bog, it tilts slightly towards N. It is roughly triangular in elevation, it stands 1.3m high, and has maximum basal measurements of 1.3m x .6m; E-W. This stone is not marked on the OS maps. An example of rock art (KE083-082----) is located 100m to E.
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. 170. 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
- Rock artunder 1 mi
- Road - gravel/stone trackway - peatlandunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.