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In level pasture, to the N of Kenmare Bay. This standing stone (0.9m x 0.2m; H 0.7m) has a sloping top, is roughly rectangular in plan and is orientated E-W. Parts of it seem to have been broken off. A rath (KE093-017----) lies c. 20m to the E. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE093-017001

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  • N Chadwick, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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  • N Chadwick, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
  • Kenmare Shamrocks GAA official club website; individual aerial photographer not named, kenmaregaa.ie
  • P L Chadwick, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
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