Standing stone in Derreenanaryagh, County Kerry

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What is recorded here

Overlooking the Caragh river from a SE facing slope, this standing stone is located in poorly drained, rocky land at the W end of Macgillycuddy's Reeks. Roughly triangular in elevation, it stands 1.9m high and is of approximately rectangular basal plan, measuring 1.42m x 1m; NE-SW. Some packing stones are visible around its base. Cork University Press (1996), no. 162.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE072-008

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