Standing stone in Derrylough, County Kerry

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What is recorded here

In rough hill pasture, on a level terrace, overlooking Kenmare Bay and Cloonee Lakes. This standing stone (0.62m x 0.24m; H 0.91m) is rectangular in plan and section and is orientated NE-SW. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE101-111

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