What is recorded here

One chambered cairn still stands on the northern edge of Beenmore, above Dingle Bay and the twin river valleys. It is not a display or a modern invention. A person may have set its stones, marked a boundary, honored the dead or watched the sea. The mountain has kept that choice hidden, but the cairn still occupies the summit and refuses to be forgotten.

This cairn is located on the NW edge of the level summit of Beenmore mountain, from where there are spectacular views over Dingle Bay to N, and along the valleys of the Behy and Ferta rivers to E and W respectively. Subcircular in plan, it measures 3.45m NE-SW x 3.9m NW-SE and is 1.25m in maximum height. It is composed of a loose jumble of slabs and a small amount of quartz. The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 384. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 28 July 2013

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