Standing stone in Derrygorman, County Kerry

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What is recorded here

The 'Gallaun' marked on the OS maps was located immediately W of a field boundary on very gently sloping ground c. 100m E of the Owenascaul river. A track now runs along this side of the fence and the stone may have been removed to accommodate this. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 148.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE044-068

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National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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Ian Taylor, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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