What is recorded here

Thirty upright slabs still lean across the western half of a raised rectangular platform, marking a ceallúnach where children were buried beside the Portmagee Channel. The stones cluster like forgotten sentinels on sloping pasture, preserving a brutal tenderness in which even the smallest deaths received a separate place.

This site, known locally as a ceallúnach , is located on sloping pasture close to the S shore of Portmagee Channel. It consists of a rectangular platform, 14.6m N-S x 24.5m E-W, and is raised on average .35m above surrounding ground level. The interior of the site contains up to thirty upright slabs, most of which are clustered towards its W half. 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. 1039. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 July 2013

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