What is recorded here

Clochan in Oileán An Phocáin is a circular stone chamber beside a long burial mound in County Kerry, Ireland. Its southeast entrance still stands one metre wide while quartz stones glint across the mound, suggesting people valued brightness as much as darkness there. The northern wall may have been rebuilt after damage, meaning the chamber lived through loss and returned changed rather than disappearing.

Calluragh Burial Ground KE044-087001-: This site consists of a mound of earth and stone, at the W end of which are the remains of a substantial clochaun (KE044-087002-). The relationship between the clochaun and the mound/calluragh is not clear. The mound measures 21m E-W x 12m N-S x a maximum of 1.5m in height. Some quartz stones are visible on the surface. The circular clochaun is 6m in diameter and the wall is up to 1.3m high internally. The entrance faces SE and is 1.1m wide. There is a distinct difference between the masonry in the N and S halves of the structure and the N part may have been rebuilt. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 907. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 7 August 2013

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