What is recorded here

Mangerton Mountain holds a buried king, a sacred leader and a military chief beside its top cairn. Three flat stones once marked their graves before the wind and feet erased them. The mountain kept their names when human memory faded, turning stone into a living archive of loss.

Associated with a cairn (KE074-003001-) on the top of Mangerton Mountain. Hayward (1987, 42) mentioned that three crosses, formed of flat stones lying on the ground beside the cairn, mark the 'graves of MacCarthy More, O Donoghue, and O Sullivan More'. There are no visible remains of these crosses. 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

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.