Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Sosadh, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Sosadh
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Gallaun
- Coordinates
- 51.86627, -10.29795
- SMR number
- KE088-020----
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Shown on 4 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 arable land, on the lower E slopes of Knocknaskereighta, with an open view to Ballinskelligs Bay at SE. It stands 2.38m high and is oriented NE-SW on its long axis. Of regular elevation, it measures 1.27m wide and .2m thick at base.
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. 210. 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
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- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Buildingunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.