Standing stone in Ardkearagh, County Kerry

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What is recorded here

This irregularly shaped standing stone is located in rocky pastureland on the lower NE slopes of Trusk mountain. Standing 1.7m high, it is .63m wide at base, increasing to .85m at its flat sloping top; N-S. Two packing stones are exposed at its base, which is .45m thick. Cork University Press (1996), no. 130.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE098-064

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