What is recorded here

In rough pasture north of the Glashagorour River, a rounded boulder rests on hidden support stones, marking an ancient chamber where human remains may have waited for the changing world. The thin slab once standing beside it now lies across the top, perhaps repositioned by hands that wanted to preserve or alter the original shape. A hillock watches from the south while boggy ground swallows the foundation, keeping the burial half-hidden but still present in the landscape.

In rough pasture, to the N of the Glashagorour River and overlooked by a hillock to the S. The monument is centrally placed within a multiple-stone circle (KE094-021001-) and consists of a rounded boulder (2.5m x 1.6m; min. T 0.6m). The tops of several support-stones are visible under the boulder but they are largely concealed in the boggy ground. The thin slab-like stone, noted by Ó Nualláin as standing beside the boulder (1978, 97), and which clearly formed part of it, has been repositioned on its top. (Ó Nualláin 1978, 97, no. 37) 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

Boulder-burial in a stone circle, likely dating to the Neolithic or early Bronze Age. Its placement within a multiple-stone circle suggests ritual or funerary significance, reflecting early ceremonial landscape use in the region.

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