Boulder-burial in Lackaroe, County Kerry

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What is recorded here

In pasture, on the shoulder of a SW-facing slope overlooking the valley of the Sheen River. A boulder (1.35m x 1m; T 0.55m) stands just S of the centre of a multiple-stone circle (KE093-050001-) and is surrounded by a series of set stones (dims. L 0.3-0.6m; T 0.25-0.35m; H 0.15-0.45m), six of which form an outer circular arrangement (diam. 2.8m). No support-stones are visible. An assortment of small stones, including some quartz, is scattered on the ground nearby. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE093-050003

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