Map of County Kerry Baronies in 1899.
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(October 2, 2025) Macalister reports that this is the first of 7 stones found in a souterrain discovered in 1838 and commonly called "the Cave of Dunloe" after the name of the demsene in which it is situated. These were presented by the late Dr. Slattery, the proprietor, to the Irish people. They have now been taken out and re -erected in an enclosure close to the site of the cave.
The stone is the outermost lintel being 6′ 10″ × 1′ 6″ x 0' 8".
(October 3, 2025) Macalister reports that this is the 2nd of 7 stones found in a souterrain discovered in 1838 and commonly called "the Cave of Dunloe" after the name of the demsene in which it is situated. These were presented by the late Dr. Slattery, the proprietor, to the Irish people. They have now been taken out and re -erected in an enclosure close to the site of the cave.
This stone is the 2nd lintel being 8' 6" x 1′ 5″ × 0' 6"
(October 3, 2025) Macalister reports that this is the 3rd of 7 stones found in a souterrain discovered in 1838 and commonly called "the Cave of Dunloe" after the name of the demsene in which it is situated. These were presented by the late Dr. Slattery, the proprietor, to the Irish people. They have now been taken out and re -erected in an enclosure close to the site of the cave.
This stone supported the 2nd lintel being 4′ 0″ x 0' 11" × 0' 4".
(October 3, 2025) Macalister reports that this is the 4th of 7 stones found in a souterrain discovered in 1838 and commonly called "the Cave of Dunloe" after the name of the demsene in which it is situated. These were presented by the late Dr. Slattery, the proprietor, to the Irish people. They have now been taken out and re -erected in an enclosure close to the site of the cave.
This stone is red sandstone being 4' 8" x 1' 0" x 0' 7"
(October 3, 2025) Macalister reports that this is the 5th of 7 stones found in a souterrain discovered in 1838 and commonly called "the Cave of Dunloe" after the name of the demsene in which it is situated. These were presented by the late Dr. Slattery, the proprietor, to the Irish people. They have now been taken out and re -erected in an enclosure close to the site of the cave.
The stone is close-grained shale being 4′ 3″ × 1'′ 6″ × 0′ 41″.
This stone's face was deliberately destroyed which was easy to do because it is a layered shale. Here the front face was just split off and crushed into pieces.
(October 3, 2025) Macalister reports that this is the 6th of 7 stones found in a souterrain discovered in 1838 and commonly called "the Cave of Dunloe" after the name of the demsene in which it is situated. These were presented by the late Dr. Slattery, the proprietor, to the Irish people. They have now been taken out and re -erected in an enclosure close to the site of the cave.
The stone is schist being 4' 5" x 0' 9" x 0' 7".
(October 4, 2025) Macalister reports that this is the 7th of 7 stones found in a souterrain discovered in 1838 and commonly called "the Cave of Dunloe" after the name of the demsene in which it is situated. These were presented by the late Dr. Slattery, the proprietor, to the Irish people. They have now been taken out and re -erected in an enclosure close to the site of the cave.
This stone was used as a filler stone above the main lintels of the souterrain and only seen through the gap between the fifth and sixth of these. The stone is grit being 2′ 8″ x 0' 10" x 0' 2".
(October 4, 2025) Macalister reports that this stone was found lying prostrate in a field at the upper end of the townland .
It is made of sandstone being 3' 10" x 2' 4" x 1' 3".
The asymmetrical Christian cross was likely added sometime after this stone's creation.
(October 4, 2025) Macalister reports that this stone was the first of a group of stones and fragments crowded together into a small area of a field. This is likely an old Druid sacred grove location but the locals interpreted it as being an ancient burial ground. Over time the tillage has gradually encroached upon it leading to a story reported in Hitchcock's notebook that parts of them had been adapted for building material in a house in the neighborhood. As a consequence of this sacrilege this house became uninhabitable. He searched the walls of this building but could find no inscribed fragments. A variant of the same story was told to Brash (recorded by him in his book, p. 229).
The stone is sandstone being 2' 11" x 0′ 9″ × 0' 7"
(October 6, 2025) Macalister reports that this stone was the 4th of a group of stones and fragments crowded together into a small area of a field. This is likely an old Druid sacred grove location but the locals interpreted it as being an ancient burial ground. Over time the tillage has gradually encroached upon it leading to a story reported in Hitchcock's notebook that parts of them had been adapted for building material in a house in the neighborhood. As a consequence of this sacrilege this house became uninhabitable. He searched the walls of this building but could find no inscribed fragments. A variant of the same story was told to Brash (recorded by him in his book, p. 229).
This stone is slate being 1' 8" x 0' 4" x 0' 6".
(October 6, 2025) Macalister reports that this stone was the 5th of a group of stones and fragments crowded together into a small area of a field. This is likely an old Druid sacred grove location but the locals interpreted it as being an ancient burial ground. Over time the tillage has gradually encroached upon it leading to a story reported in Hitchcock's notebook that parts of them had been adapted for building material in a house in the neighborhood. As a consequence of this sacrilege this house became uninhabitable. He searched the walls of this building but could find no inscribed fragments. A variant of the same story was told to Brash (recorded by him in his book, p. 229).
The stone has the dimensions of 3′ 7″ × 0′ 10″ × 0' 4".
(October 6, 2025) Macalister reports that this is the 1st of 4 stones inscribed with Ogham writing were exhibited by the MacGillicuddy of the Reeks at the Dublin Exhibition of 1853, and were presented by him to the Royal Irish Academy in the following year. Of these stones, two certainly (215 and 216) and all four probably, came from a souterrain in the townland of Whitefield.
The stone's size is: 3′ 9″ × 1′ 0″ × 0′ 5″.
(October 6, 2025) Macalister reports that this is the 2nd of 4 stones inscribed with Ogham writing were exhibited by the MacGillicuddy of the Reeks at the Dublin Exhibition of 1853, and were presented by him to the Royal Irish Academy in the following year. Of these stones, two certainly (215 and 216) and all four probably, came from a souterrain in the townland of Whitefield.
The stone's size is: 4' 8" x 1' 0" x 0' 6"
(October 7, 2025) Macalister reports that this is the 3rd of 4 stones inscribed with Ogham writing were exhibited by the MacGillicuddy of the Reeks at the Dublin Exhibition of 1853, and were presented by him to the Royal Irish Academy in the following year. Of these stones, two certainly (215 and 216) and all four probably, came from a souterrain in the townland of Whitefield.
The stone's size is: 3' 10" x 0' 9" x 0′ 8″
The corner of line 1 has been deliberately chipped away.
(October 7, 2025) Macalister reports that this is the 4th of 4 stones inscribed with Ogham writing were exhibited by the MacGillicuddy of the Reeks at the Dublin Exhibition of 1853, and were presented by him to the Royal Irish Academy in the following year. Of these stones, two certainly (215 and 216) and all four probably, came from a souterrain in the townland of Whitefield.
The stone's size is: 3′ 3″ × 0′ 10 1/4″ × 0′ 9″
(October 7, 2025) Macalister reports that 2 stones, one of them inscribed with Oghams, were discovered in 1847 upon a rough uncultivated moorland, lying inside a circle of small stones. The inscribed stone was described by Brash as having been 10' x 3' 6" x 2' 10" with its blank butt being 1' 9" in length. The other stone was 9 ft long. The monument was wrecked by treasure-seekers in 1848. It was completely broken up by road-makers some 40 years later. The inscription was recorded by by Hitchcock and Graves.
The stone circle was 33 feet in diameter and contained 15 or 16 stones. The letters of the inscription were "in the best condition and all quite distinct and well cut."
(October 7, 2025) Macalister reports that this stone was 1 of 2 stones standing in a lonely position on a trackless bogland in a nearly north -south alignment. The northern stone is uninscribed being a thin slab 3' 4" high. This stone is the southern stone.
It is made of of grit being 7' 0" x 1' 6" x 1' 0"
(October 8, 2025) Macalister reports that this large stone was placed between 2 smaller stones, each about 4' high. One stone was to the east being 4' away while the other was 14' to the west.
This stone has the dimensions: 8′ 6″ × 5′ 0″ × 1′ 2″
(October 8, 2025) Macalister reports that this stone was standing in a field by the side of the road from Caherciveen to Watervill, almost immediately opposite the farmhouse of Killogrone. It was first noticed by Mr. P. F. O'Neill of Caherciveen buried to within about a foot of its top in a low mound of sand covered with earth and stones.
It is made of sandstone grit being 4′ 6″ × 1′ 0″ × 0′ 8″. The top seems to have been broken off.
(October 8, 2025) Macalister reports that this stone was found standing at the entrance to a ring-fort on the townland. The inscription is in poor condition and is complicated by it overwriting an older inscription.
It is made of slate being 6' 10" × 1′ 3″ × 0′ 7″
(October 8, 2025) Macalister reports that this stone was found standing in the old graveyard of Killeenadreena. The scores were boldly formed and are legible though worn. The lower corner was damaged sometime after Macalister first saw it.
It is made of slate being 6' 9" x 1′ 6″ × 0' 6"
(October 9, 2025) Macalister reports that this stone was red sandstone being 6′ 1″ × 1′ 4″ x 0' 4".
The Christian cross was added sometime after the text.
(October 9, 2025) Macalister reports that this stone was moved in the early 1870s from an ancient graveyard to the garden of the Christian Brothers' Convent Caherciveen, but was afterwards restored to its original site where it now stands.
An equilateral Druid cross is on the bottom of this stone which is the Druid Akkadian letter "T" meaning "astrology-magic."
It is made of slate being 7' 2" x 0' 9 1/2" x 0' 5"
The diamond shapes are sentence dividers while the X shapes are word dividers.
(October 9, 2025) Macalister reports that this stone was within recently deceased memory, was standing in a field on the townland. It was broken off from its butt (no longer to be found ) and transported to serve as a bridge over a ditch close by. Now lying prostrate in a field on the other side of the ditch from its original site and east of the road running beside the graveyard marked “ Calluragh " on the map.
It is made of grit being 7' 6 1/2″ × 1′ 6″ × 0 ′ 4 1/2″
(October 9, 2025) Macalister reports that this stone was on the edge of a shelf of ground containing the site of an ancient cemetery.
This stone is made of slate 3' 11" x 0' 6" × 1' 0"
(October 10, 2025) Macalister reports that this stone stands in the middle of a disused burial ground.
It is sandstone grit 3' 6" x 1' 1 " x 0' 7"
(October 10, 2025) Macalister reports that this stone was first found lying in the chancel of an old church. It then was moved to Coolmagort and deposited inside the enclosure where the stones from the cave of Dunloe have been erected.
(October 10, 2025) Macalister reports that this stone was the 1st of 4 stones originally found in a souterrain (community root cellar) on this townland and used in building a cottage in the village of Laharan. Three were removed to Lord Dunraven's mansion at Adare. The 4th was left behind and is now lost to history.
The stone's dimensions are 4′ 8″ × 1′ 0″ x 0' 6"
(October 10, 2025) Macalister reports that this stone was the 2nd of 4 stones originally found in a souterrain (community root cellar) on this townland and used in building a cottage in the village of Laharan. Three were removed to Lord Dunraven's mansion at Adare. The 4th was left behind and is now lost to history.
Its length is over 7 feet.
(October 11, 2025) Macalister reports that this stone was the 2nd of 2 stones discovered in an old graveyard on this townland while his book was passing through the press. It was reported to Macalister by Mr. P. J. O'Sullivan of Tonevane, Tralee. The discovery is due to members of the Tralee Field Club.
This is a pillar stone about 4' high which is broken in half.
(October 11, 2025) Macalister reports that this stone was found by Hitchcock in the inner chamber of a souterrain (public root cellar) in which it formed one of the roofing stones. It was afterwards moved to a site in front of the police barracks (now a farmhouse) on the townland of Keel.
It is about 6' 0" in total length.
(October 11, 2025) Macalister reports that this stone was found on the farm of Currans, about a mile from Farranfore railway station.
It is made of grit being 8' 0" x 5' 0" × 3′ 6″
(October 11, 2025) Macalister reports that this stone was found in a souterrain (public root cellar) on this townland moved afterwards to a garden at Gortatlea near Tralee. It is now in the National Museum, Dublin.
It's dimensions are 3' 8"-3' 11" high x 0' 9" × 1' 0" below; 1′ 0 1/2″ × 1′ 4″ above.
(October 11, 2025) Macalister reports this stone was found in 1877 somewhere near Killorglin. This vague localization is all that is recorded by Bishop Graves, through whose mediation the stone was obtained and published. Yet additional information conveyed in a letter addressed to and quoted by Rhys (JRSAI 32 [ 1902 ] 15 ) that the stone was found in souterrain (public root cellar). It is now in the collection of the Royal Irish Academy housed in the National Museum.
The text apparently continued further up the stone of which nothing is left but 1 letter on the top of the stone . The violent flake-scars are conspicuously of its destruction are obvious. The reason is clear after translation. The text talks about how the deity Thu can "veil" the life powers of Yahu/Yahweh which is translated as "Lord" in the English Old Testament. Yahu/Yahweh was originally a Druid god which was adopted by the Israelites as their national god.
It's dimensions are: 3′ 11″ × 1′ 5 1/2″ × 1′ 5 1/2″
(October 11, 2025) Macalister reports this stone was procured through Bishop Graves and is now in the possession of the Royal Irish Academy and housed in the National Museum. Like stone 253 it has no further published indication of provenance than that it was found somewhere near Killorglin.
Yet Macalister read in a notebook of from Graves that when Graves first saw it, it was standing in the churchyard of Knockane.
It measures 3′ 10″ × 1′ 2″ × 0′ 4 1/2″ with half the stone has being split off.
(October 11, 2025) Macalister reports this stone was the 1st of 2 stones raised from a souterrain (community root cellar) of a fort, the name of which was given as “Lisnareabh"on lands of a man called Foley, innkeeper of Killorglin, who showed them to Windele. Windele acquired them and removed them to Cork. They are now in the Royal Irish Academy's collection. The text was written over some older writing which has mostly spalled away. It was chisel-cut, in contrast to the first inscription which is pocked.
The stone is clay-slate being 6′ 0″ × 1' 0" x 0' 11".
(October 11, 2025) Macalister reports this stone was the 2nd of 2 stones raised from a souterrain (community root cellar) of a fort, the name of which was given as “Lisnareabh , "on lands of a man called Foley, innkeeper of Killorglin, who showed them to Windele. Windele acquired them and removed them to Cork. They are now in the Royal Irish Academy's collection.
The dimensions of this stone are: 5' 10" × 1′ 5″ × 1' 10".