Boulder-burial in Gullaba, County Kerry

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What is recorded here

In rough hill pasture, on a level area at the W foot of the steep W-facing slope of Gullaba Hill, c. 30m from the E shore of Coomclogherane Lake. The monument stands within an enclosure (KE094-028-----) and consists of a flat-topped subrectangular slab (1.6m x 1.35m; T 0.2m) supported by two stones (H 0.2m) under its S side. A possible third support-stone is discernible under the NW corner in peat-covered ground. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE094-028001

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