Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone - pair
Bólas, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Bólas
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.79689, -10.32573
- SMR number
- KE097-041----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
This pair of standing stones, not marked on the OS maps, is located in elevated pasture on a gentle S facing slopeof Bolus mountain, and overlooks the Atlantic to S. Set 1.3m apart in a N-S line, both stones are roughly rectangular in elevation. The taller, at S, is 1.76m high md measures .52m x .18m at base. The second stone stands 1.5m high, and is .56m x .23m at base
The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 116. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 28 July 2013
Nearby in the register
- Megalithic structureunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Barracksunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.