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Standing stone in Sheheree

Standing stone

What is recorded here

Sheheree holds a narrow upright stone beside a rath, pointing north and south like a needle dropped into green Kerry earth. A smaller stone waits nearby, suggesting the field once marked more than one moment or memory. People may have gathered there to measure distance, honour loss or simply watch the sky tilt over the valley. The stones remain quiet, but they still pull attention inward, waiting for someone to stand between them and remember why.
In the SE quadrant of a rath (KE067-101----). An upright stone (dims. 0.6m x 0.4m; H 0.95m) irregular in plan and orientated N-S. A packing-stone is visible at N. Another standing stone (KE067-101002-) lies a short distance to the S. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011
Probably dates to the Early Christian or Bronze Age period, given its location within a rath and alignment. It may have had ritual or territorial significance, or marked a boundary or burial site.

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