Standing stone in Cooryeen, County Kerry

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What is recorded here

In rough hill pasture, on top of a ridge, on a W-facing slope, overlooking Lough Inchiquin. This standing stone (0.8m x 0.6m; H 1.07m) is rectangular in plan and section and is orientated WNW-ESE. Boulder burials (KE101-059001-, KE101-059002-) lie 4m to the NE and 2m to the N, respectively. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE101-059003

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