Standing stone in Releagh, County Kerry

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What is recorded here

In rough pasture, on a S-facing rocky slope, overlooking the valley of the Sheen River. This possible standing stone (L 2.65m; Wth 0.6m; T 0.26m) leans against a low outcropping rock. According to local information, the stone once stood in the depression which is visible in the ground at the S end of the stone. Possible packing-stones were noted in this depression. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE102-081

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