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Stone Circle in Drombohilly Upper

Stone circle, multiple-stone
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In rough pasture, on a ridge on the lower slopes of Knochanouganish Hill. This stone circle (diam. 8.5m) consists of nine pillar-like orthostats (L 0.35-1.3m; T 0.3-0.6m; H 1.15-2.1m). Two radially set stones form the entrance at NNE, the most easterly stone leaning to the W. The circle may originally have had eleven stones as the axial stone and one other stone are missing. A relict field boundary (KE109-003003-) lies c. 1m to the N. (Ó Nualláin 1984a, 30, no. 48) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE109-003001

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  • Trevor Harris, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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  • Dr Charles Nelson, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Mike Dickison, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0
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  • Gordon Hatton, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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