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Standing stone in Coornagillagh

Standing stone

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Standing stone in Coornagillagh is a 1.42m subrectangular stone set in rough pasture on a south-facing slope in the centre of Ormond's Island, facing east-northeast to west-southwest. It may have marked a boundary, a path or a place of remembrance, though no human name or date is written beside it. The stone still stands where the land and sky meet, waiting to be seen.
In rough pasture, on a S-facing slope, in the centre of Ormond's Island. This standing stone (0.75m x 0.4m; H 1.42m) is subrectangular in plan and section and is orientated ENE-WSW. 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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