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Stone row

Cashelkeelty, County Kerry, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Stone row, Cashelkeelty, 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
Cashelkeelty
County
Kerry
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Gallauns
Coordinates
51.75707, -9.81387
SMR number
KE108-013002-

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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)
  • 1868 · 4. Ireland. (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 terrace to the S of a medieval road (KE108-013007-), on the lower N-facing slopes of Knocknaveacal. This stone row comprises three stones, aligned ENE-WSW, and measures 6.3m in overall length. Excavation revealed the socket of a fourth stone to the E and stratigraphic evidence suggests that the row was erected some centuries before the nearby five-stone circle (KE108-013004-), c. 1m to the N (Lynch 1981, 64-9). The ENE stone (L 1.4m; T 1m; H 2.4m) is the tallest and the WSW stone (L 0.6m; T 0.5m; H 1.4m) is the smallest. There is a multiple-stone circle (KE108-013001-) c. 80m to the W, a fulacht fia (KE108-056----) c. 50m to the SE, relict field boundaries (KE108-013005-) immediately to the W and S, and a field boundary (KE108-013006-) lies c. 70m to the E. (Ó Nualláin 1984a, 45, no. 93; 1988, 240, no. 69; Ruggles 1999, 193, CKR66)

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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