Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Kilpeacon, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilpeacon
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- LI022-180----
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The National Monuments Service's description
The precise location of a standing stone in the townland of Kilpeacon has not been identified. Described by Begley (1906, 21) as following; ‘In Friarstown North, there is a large stone 7 feet
high, 5 feet broad, and 1 foot thick, supported by stones set on edge, which being removed, human bones of an extraordinary size were found underneath the monument. At Kilpeacon, about a mile distant, there is also one of a similar kind.'
Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick
Date upload: 11 August 2020
References
Begley, J. 1906 The Diocese of Limerick ancient and medieval. Dublin.