What is recorded here
Móin An Fhraoigh in County Kerry, Ireland, held a slab-defined grave a few metres north of the townland boundary before people covered it again. The earth swallowed the marker, perhaps to protect the dead or simply because peat land claims back what hands expose. Forgetting became the final act of burial.
A few metres N of the townland boundary a grave, defined by a slab, was found and subsequently covered over (local information).
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 211. 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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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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