What is recorded here

Cairn is a large stone and earth mound beside Liscunneendeen in County Kerry, Ireland. It lies fifty metres from a circular rath that overlooks Ventry Harbour, joining the buried passage and hut site already recorded there. The mound is not a quiet mark but a active landmark, visible from the harbour and likely used for direction, memory or ceremony.

Liscunneendeen/Lios Coinín Doinn: Roughly circular univallate rath KE052-052---- is located on a very gentle SW facing slope overlooking Ventry Harbour. A Man-made underground passage and hut site have previously been recorded in the interior and a large cairn lies 50m to NE. Cairn KE052-052003- composed of a mixture of earth and stone, is oval in plan and measures 11m N-S, 8m E-W and 1.5m in height. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 363. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 6 August 2013

A Neolithic passage tomb; significant as part of a broader ritual landscape associated with Ventry Harbour.

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