Standing stone in Liss Lower, County Kerry

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What is recorded here

Not recorded on the OS maps, this low orthostat stands in blanket bog on the S bank of the Ferta river. It reaches a height of just 1.04m above present ground level, and measures .75m x .1m in basal dimensions; NE SW. It inclines slightly to NW. Cork University Press (1996), no. 198.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE070-060

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