Standing stone

In rough pasture, on a bog and within a network of relict field boundaries (KE101-015001-). Two upright stones, aligned NE-SW, protrude above the surface of the bog (D c. 1m). The NE stone (L 0.95m; T 0.4m; H 0.57m) is subrectangular in plan and is 1.25m from the SW stone (L 1m; T 0.35m; H 0.71m). 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

Probably dating to the Late Neolithic or Bronze Age, the pair may have functioned as a boundary marker or ritual alignment. Such stone pairings are sometimes associated with ceremonial or funerary practices in Atlantic Europe.