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Anomalous stone group

Grousemount, County Kerry, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Anomalous stone group, Grousemount, County Kerry, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

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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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1883 · Ireland 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (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

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

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