Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Stone circle - multiple-stone
Dromroe (glanarought By.), County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dromroe (glanarought By.)
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Stone Circle
- Coordinates
- 51.83296, -9.62396
- SMR number
- KE101-010001-
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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 rough pasture, on the W side of the valley of the Dromoghty River. This stone circle (diam. 9.5m) consists of thirteen stones (L 0.8-1.6m; T 0.3-0.6m; H 0.8-1.6m), three of which are prostrate. Only one entrance stone stands and it is radially set on the circumference at E. The axial stone has a flat top and, unusually, it is not the lowest stone in the circle. In the interior of the circle is a centrally placed boulder-burial (KE101-010002-) and 2m S of it is a standing stone (KE101-010003-). (Ó Nualláin 1971, fig. 2, site D; 1984a, 28-9, no. 45)
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
- Boulder-burialunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.