Standing stone

In rough hill pasture, on an E-facing slope overlooking the valley of the Drimminboy River. A pair of upright stones, aligned WNW-ESE. The WNW stone (L 0.82m; T 0.37m; H 1.05m) is 4.55m from the ESE stone (L 0.6m; T 0.28m; H 0.7m), which leans slightly to the N. There is a hut site (KE111-019002-) c. 2m to the SW and a megalithic structure (KE111-019003-) c. 5m to the SE. 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, ritual alignment, or astronomical indicator. Such paired stones are sometimes associated with ceremonial or funerary practices in upland landscapes.