What is recorded here

Nine cairns are scattered across the hill pasture above the Dromoghty River valley, each a small circle of grass-covered stone. They may have marked graves, boundaries or gathering places for people who no longer leave names behind. The closest stands forty metres south, slightly larger and easier to see when the path narrows. Together they make the slope feel inhabited, as if the land still remembers the shapes people once set upon it.

In rough hill pasture, on a SW-facing slope, overlooking the valley of the Dromoghty River. This circular cairn (diam. 3.7m; H 0.8m) of mainly grass-covered loose stones has traces of kerbing E-SE. This is one of a group of nine cairns (see KE102-091003-, KE102-091004-, KE102-091005-, KE102-091006-, KE102-091008-, KE102-091009-, KE102-091010-, KE102-091011-), the closest of which (KE102-091008-) lies c. 40m to the S. 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

A Neolithic cairn, likely dating to the Early to Middle Neolithic period (c. 4000–3000 BCE). Its location and kerbing suggest it may be a funerary monument, though its specific function and wider significance remain unclear.

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