Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Anomalous stone group
Grousemount, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Grousemount
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.87722, -9.31007
- SMR number
- KE095-005----
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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 pasture, on the SW-facing slopes of Lacabaun Mountain. This anomalous stone group consists of a rectangular arrangement (long axis NE-SW) of four non-contiguous stone slabs. The NE slab (H 0.8m; 0.7m x 0.1m) is upright and lies parallel to the SW slab (H 1.22m; 1.2m x 0.12m) at a distance of 3.4m. The SW slab is also upright and has a notch carved on its upper surface. The SE slab (H 1.22m; 1m x 0.15m) is upright and has a notch carved on its SW edge while the NW slab (H 0.15m; 0.95m x 0.06m), which is parallel, barely protrudes above the surface of the bog at a distance of 2.9m.
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
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.