Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Cois Chomarach, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cois Chomarach
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.88751, -10.04054
- SMR number
- KE090-022----
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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 squat standing stone is located in pastureland SW Of Derriana Lough, on a low hill overlooking the Cummeragh river. Not indicated on the OS maps, it stands .95m high and tapers in width from .9m at base to .6m at top. It measures .35m in basal thickness, and is orientated NE-SW on its longer axis.
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. 157. 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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Cultivation ridgesunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.