Standing stone

The National Monuments Service's description

In pasture, close to or incorporated within a field boundary 500m ENE of Knockfennell Hill and 450m NE of Lough Gur. A standing stone known as Leagaun (LI032-048----) lies 250m to ESE and the Early Medieval settlement site known as the Spectacles (LI032-014012-) is located 400m to SSW.
The standing stone (LI032-035----) is not shown on OSi historic maps, and it is not visible on OSi orthoimage taken 2005-12 or on Digital Globe orthoimages taken 2011-2013. The standing stone was described by O’Kelly (1944, 29) as ‘a limestone pillar 5’ [1.52m] high, and 2’ 3” [0.69m] by 1’ 2’’ [0.36m] at the base.’ O’Kelly notes that it is one of a group of standing stones referenced by Windle (1912, Plate XXIII). Grogan (1989, Vol. 2, 271) attached the site name of ‘Lough Gur 10’ within his PhD thesis. The location of the site is visible on Google Earth orthoimages taken 25/03/2017 and 18/06/2018.

See attached Google Earth orthoimages

Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan

Date of upload: 13 November 2020

References

Windle, B. 1912 Megalithic remains surrounding
Lough Gur, Co. Limerick. Proceedings of the Royal
Irish Academy 30C, 283–306.

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.