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Stone circle - five-stone

Uragh, County Kerry, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Stone circle - five-stone, Uragh, 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
Uragh
County
Kerry
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
51.81158, -9.69546
SMR number
KE101-012001-

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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 a ridge overlooking Lough Inchiquin to the SE. Five stones (H 0.86-1.09m; 0.65-1m x 0.2-3m) form the circle (diam. 2.5m). The flat-topped axial stone is at SW. The entrance stone at S leans heavily outwards. Much of the interior has been dug out to a depth of 0.3m. The monument is dominated by the massive standing stone (KE101-012002-) just 0.6m SW of the axial stone. An enclosure (KE101-012003-) lies c. 16m to the NW. (Twohig 1987, 113)

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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

References

Twohig, E. 1987 Two Stone Circles at Uragh, Kenmare. Journal of the Kerry Archaeological and Historical Society 20, 111-18.

Nearby in the register

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

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