What is recorded here
One oval cairn joins eight others above the Dromoghty valley, its grassy stones barely clearing the shallow bog. That is a place set apart, not a forgotten pile. The SW-facing slope catches late light, while the valley holds mist and the chance of buried life.
In rough hill pasture, on a SW-facing slope, overlooking the valley of the Dromoghty River. This oval cairn (4.6m NE-SW; 3.6m NW-SE; H 0.6m) of partially grass-covered stones protrudes above the surface of the shallow bog. Traces of kerbing were noted along the SW arc. This is one of a group of nine cairns (see KE102-091003-, KE102-091004-, KE102-091005-, KE102-091006-, KE102-091007-, KE102-091008-, KE102-091009-, KE102-091010-), the closest of which (KE102-091007-) lies c. 85m to the NW.
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
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