What is recorded here

Stand behind the stone, look through its length, and imagine the valley marking a season, a feast, a warning, or a person remembered across generations. The depression at its foot and the possible packing stones suggest it once stood erect before leaning into the hill. Releagh has kept that change without explaining it, which is why the place still provokes attention instead of forgetting.

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. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 May 2011

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