Gallauns in Garrydine, standing stone in County Kerry

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

What is recorded here

This pair of standing stones is situated towards the N edge of a sizable tract of blanket bog, S of Knocknadobar mountain. The stones are located in a small peat-cutting, 8.5m x 5m, which averages .8m deep. They stand 3.3m apart in a NE-SW line. The SW stone is 1.8m high and measures .98m x .28m at base; it inclines slightly to SE. The second stone leans very strongly to S, measuring 1.85m x .95m x at least .4m thick (Ó Nualláin 1988, 250). In the early decades of this century a number of features, described as 'stone graves', were uncovered beside the monument during peat-cutting (local information). No visible traces of these survive. Cork University Press (1996), no. 121.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE070-028

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