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Boulder-burial

Dromroe (Glanarought By.), County Kerry, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Boulder-burial, Dromroe, 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
Dromroe (Glanarought By.)
County
Kerry
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
NULL
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
51.83296, -9.62396
SMR number
KE101-010002-

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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)
  • 1865 · Ireland, (South) Sheet. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (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 rough pasture, on the W side of the valley of the Dromoghty River. The boulder-burial stands in the centre of a multiple-stone circle (KE101-010001-) and consists of a flat-topped boulder (2.2m x 1.3m; T 0.65m) resting on three support-stones. The boulder is aligned on the main axis of the stone circle (NE-SW). The support-stones are flat-topped blocks exposed to a height of 0.15m. Small pad-stones on top of each support-stone serve to steady the boulder. A standing stone (KE101-010003-), also stands in the centre of the stone circle, 2m to the S of the boulder-burial. (Ó Nualláin 1978, 99, no. 41)

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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