Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
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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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
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Stone circle - multiple-stoneunder 1 mi
- Boulder-burialunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.