Standing stone

The National Monuments Service's description

On the NE shore of Lough Gur at the current lake level, 305m SE of the summit of Knockfennell Hill. Located 50m SSW of Pollavaddra (a natural cave); 245m NE of a possible stone circle site ( LI032-014010-); 700m NE of a ringfort (LI032-014003-); 215m SE of Red Cellar Cave (LI032-281----) and 300m SE of a ring cairn (LI032-014009-).
The standing stone is not depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map, and not depicted on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map or on the Cassini ed. OSi 6-inch map. The standing stone is not distinguishable from the rocky shore of the lake on the OSi orthoimages taken 2005-12 nor on the Digital Globe orthoimages taken 2011-2013. O’Kelly (1944, 29) described the site as, 'a well weathered limestone slab 3ft 9 inches high (1.14m) and 2 ft 2 inches (0.66m) by 1ft 4 inches (0.4m) at the base. The socket in which it stands has been packed with small boulders. Grogan (1989, Vol. 2, 271) identified the site as ‘’Lough Gur 9’. The standing stone is not clearly visible on Google Earth orthoimages taken 05/04/2006; 28/06/2018 and 20/09/2020.

See attached Google Earth orthoimages

Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan

Date of upload: 6 November 2020

References

O'Kelly, M.J. 1944 A survey of the antiquities in the barony of Small County, Co. Limerick. North Munster Antiquarian Journal 4, 16-53.

Grogan, E. 1989 The Early Prehistory of the Lough Gur Region: Neolithic and Bronze Age settlement patterns in North Munster, south of the River Shannon, 3 Vols. Doctoral PhD Thesis submitted to the Dept. of Archaeology, University College Dublin.