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Standing stone

Laharan South, County Kerry, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Standing stone, Laharan South, County Kerry, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Laharan South
County
Kerry
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Gallauns
Coordinates
51.90544, -10.21688
SMR number
KE088-001----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1841 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Two standing stones, set 22.4m apart NE-SW, are located in pasture on the lower W slopes of Foilclogh Mountain. The site overlooks Portmagee Channel to NW. The larger stone, at SW, is 3.65m high and measures 1.45m x .3m at base. It tapers appreciably along one edge to a width of .5m at the top; NE-SW. Macalister believed that this stone bore an ogham inscription, but he later withdrew this suggestion (1945, 232).

Two low boulders located 3m to the SW measure .6m x .3m and 1m x .9m; their longer axes are aligned NE-SW.

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. 196. 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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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