Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Coomanaspig, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coomanaspig
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.86302, -10.37786
- SMR number
- KE087-051----
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 2 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
This standing stone is located in bog on the lower N slopes of Coomanaspig, SE of Dromgour Point. It is not recorded on the OS maps. The stone is irregular in both elevation and basal plan, tapering as it rises. It measures .9m high, and .82m x .42m at base, tapering to a width of .36m at the top; NNW-SSE. Veins of quartz run horizontally through the stone.
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. 154. 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
- Burialunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.