What is recorded here

Standing stone in Lisroe (clanmaurice By.) is a small gallán of conglomerate, about four feet tall, buried in a Kerry field fence. O'Donovan wrote it down in 1841, and the Kerry Field Club found it unchanged in 1942: no markings, no ceremony, only stone enduring rain and cattle traffic. Perhaps it marked a boundary, a burial, or a joke between neighbours; more likely it is the earth keeping a quiet answer to questions humans have stopped asking.

This standing stone was recorded by O'Donovan in his Ordnance Survey Name Books (1841) as being 'a standing stone about four feet over surface'. In 1942 the Kerry Field Club visited the site and stated that it formed part of the field fence and it was 'a small gallán of conglomerate with no markings'. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 27. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 1 August 2013

Likely dating to the Bronze Age, this standing stone may have had ritual or territorial significance. No specific folklore or detailed use is recorded for this site.

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