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Standing stone

Gurteen (glanarought By.), County Kerry, Ireland

The record

Townland
Gurteen (glanarought By.)
County
Kerry
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Gallaun
Coordinates
51.87034, -9.44634
SMR number
KE094-022----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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 level pasture, on the lower S-facing slopes of Carrignagown Hill. This standing stone (1.1m x 1m; H 3.8m) is rectangular in plan and section and tapers towards the top. It is orientated NNE-SSW. It has a shallow groove (L 0.55m; Wth 0.04m; D 0.05m) on its ESE face and a similar groove (L 0.23m) on its WNW face. Some packing-stones are visible at the base of the stone. A multiple-stone circle (KE094-021001-) and a boulder burial (KE094-021002-) are c. 200m to the NE and there is a fulacht fia (KE094-022001-) c. 60m to the W.

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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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