Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone - pair
Derryvorahig, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Derryvorahig
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.82421, -9.63046
- SMR number
- KE101-015004-
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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 bog and within a network of relict field boundaries (KE101-015001-). Two upright stones, aligned NE-SW, protrude above the surface of the bog (D c. 1m). The NE stone (L 0.95m; T 0.4m; H 0.57m) is subrectangular in plan and is 1.25m from the SW stone (L 1m; T 0.35m; H 0.71m).
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
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.