Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Cathair Samháin, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cathair Samháin
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.85968, -10.09010
- SMR number
- KE089-057----
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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
This stone is not marked on the OS maps. Standing about 100m S of KE089-056----, this low irregularly shaped upright is also located in flat bogland. Its N side tapers as the stone rises to a height of 1.05m. It measures 1.02m wide and .59m thick at base; NW-SE.
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. 140. 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
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.