What is recorded here

Five or six flag-built graves held skulls and bones beneath a Kerry road, waiting for men with shovels to reveal them. Windele placed them in Knockavrogeen in 1848, while An Seabhac pointed to Coumgagh in 1939, leaving the exact spot tangled in memory. The dead did not care which name men argued over; they had only finished their part and entered the earth.

There is some confusion as to the location of these graves. They were discovered when a new road was being built and Windele (1848, 422) placed their position in Knockavrogeen. Almost a century later An Seabhac (1939, 122) identified the find spot as the sharp bend in the road at Coumgagh. Windele described them as 5 or 6 in number, constructed of side- and end-flags and containing skulls and other bones. They lay about 3 feet (.9m) below the surface. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 207. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 4 August 2013

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