What is recorded here

Westropp wrote in 1897 that a row of burial cairns stood near Caheratrant on the west side of Ventry Harbour, though the townland splits around Raheens and his exact meaning still eludes him. He also claimed human bones lay exposed along Ventry Strand, feeding an image of the coast as a place where the dead were forgotten by the living. Whether the cairns marked lineage, loss or simply the accumulation of time cannot be known, but the strand itself seems to have kept them in plain sight.

According to Westropp (1897, 300), 'a row of burial cairns stand or stood near Caheratrant', on the W side of Ventry Harbour. Caheratrant townland is in 2 parts, separated by Raheens townland, and it is not clear to which location Westropp is referring. He also noted that a great quantity of human bones had once been exposed at Ventry Strand. Other burial cairns have been recorded at the E end of Ventry strand in Cantra townland (KE052-045----). The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 231. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 4 August 2013

A Neolithic burial cairn, likely dating to the early to middle Bronze Age, associated with a wider group of cairns in the Ventry Harbour area. Its significance lies in contributing to the understanding of prehistoric funerary practices and settlement patterns in west Kerry.

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