Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Anomalous stone group
Bray, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Bray
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Gallauns
- Coordinates
- 51.89084, -10.40035
- SMR number
- KE087-081----
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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
Overlooking the entrance to Portmagee Channel at the SW end of Valencia Island, this site, marked ‘Gallauns’ on the second edition of the OS maps, comprises two uprights and one recumbent slab. The taller of the two erect stones stands 1.7m high and measures .98m x .15m at base; NNW-SSE. It inclines slightly to W. Set 10.5m to NW, the second standing stone is 1.5m high and measures 1.35m x .2m at base, where a number of packing stones are visible; E-W. Located 8.2m to W is a large slab set on edge, 2.6m x 1.3m, forming the rear of what appears to have been an animal shelter.
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. 256. 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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- House - medievalunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.