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Standing stone in Cashelkeelty

Standing stone

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Two rectangular stones lean northwest in a coniferous forest south of the Castletownbere-Kenmare road. One faces northeast-southwest while the other twists beside it four metres away. They have watched forest floors shift and human paths change for generations.
In a coniferous forest, to the S of the Castletownbere-Kenmare road. This standing stone (0.93m x 0.48m; H 1.1m) is subrectangular in plan and section and is orientated NE-SW. It leans slightly to the NW. Another standing stone (KE108-043002-), on a different orientation, stands c. 4m to the NE. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 May 2011

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