Standing stone in Gortderrig, County Kerry

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What is recorded here

In rough heather-covered hill pasture in cutaway bog, on the lower N-facing slopes of the East Pap of Dana and within a network of relict field walls (KE068-126001-). The stone (dims. 1.22m x 0.45m; H 1.2m) is roughly rectangular in plan, orientated NE-SW and leans slightly to the SE. It is split along its long axis.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE068-126006

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