Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Stone circle - five-stone
Dromatouk, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dromatouk
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.88323, -9.52576
- SMR number
- KE093-087----
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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
In reclaimed pasture, c. 4km E of Kenmare. This stone circle (diam. 2.65m) consists of five upright stones (L 0.85-1.2m; T 0.4-0.55m; H 0.3-0.8m). The interior is c. 0.15m higher than the surrounding ground level. The axial stone is the smallest of the group and has a slight external bevel on its upper surface. Two mature trees grow in the interior. There is an anomalous stone group (KE093-026001-) c. 220m to the NNE, a radial-stone cairn (KE093-025002-) c. 200m to the SSW and a stone row (KE093-088----) c. 250m to the E. (Ó Nualláin 1975, 90, fig. 34; 1984a, 45, no. 92)
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 30 May 2011
Nearby in the register
- Anomalous stone groupunder 1 mi
- Ogham stoneunder 1 mi
- Burnt spreadunder 1 mi
- Stone rowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.