What is recorded here

Kenmare Bay floods the valley with silver light at dusk, but the stone remains stubbornly shadowed. It stands slightly leaning, as if listening to something under the water rather than watching the sky. People have passed it for generations without knowing what it marks. Maybe it marks the place where the land stopped arguing with the sea.

In a recently reclaimed field, on a NW-facing slope, overlooking Kenmare Sound to the N. This standing stone (1.6m x 0.8m; H 1.55m) is irregular in plan and is orientated N-S. (pers. comm. Alison McQueen) 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

Likely dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, this standing stone may have had ceremonial or territorial significance. Its north-south orientation and coastal position suggest a possible alignment with seasonal or astronomical events, though specific folklore or use remains unrecorded.

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