Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Stone row
Derrineden, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Derrineden
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.87966, -10.07302
- SMR number
- KE089-044----
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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
Not marked on the OS maps, this four-stone row is situated 600m NE of KE089-042---- on the lower SE slopes of Coomduff ridge, which divides the Cummeragh and Inny valleys. Orientated NE-SW, the row is 6.17m long and has been incorporated into a field boundary. The NE stone measures 1.28m x .76m x .45m. Located 1.09m to SW is the tallest stone in the row; it stands 2.65m high and measures 1.12m x .69m at base. The third and smallest stone stands 1.24m further to SW, and measures 1.2m x .51m x .31m. The fourth stone, .85m to SW again, inclines slightly to SE and measures .8m x .34m 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. 103. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 30 July 2013
Nearby in the register
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Stone rowunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.