What is recorded here
Ring-barrow described by Connolly (2000, 46) as follows; 'This site is marked as an enclosure on the Sites & Monuments Record for County Kerry (KE030-002----) but is in fact a ring-barrow. It consists of a circular central platform 12m in diameter and rising to a height of 2m above the base of the encircling ditch. The ditch is on average 3m in width and the remains of the enclosing bank can be seen to north and south where they remain to an average height of 1m and a maximum width of 4m'. Outline of ring-barrow visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 23 June 2022
Ring-barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age. This type of monument is significant as it reflects early funerary practices and social organisation in prehistoric Ireland.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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