What is recorded here

Gortalassa holds a forgotten enclosure inside an ancient rath, not a true stone circle. About fifteen uneven stones once ringed a space thirty-five feet across on Edward Tuohy's land before disappearing from memory and perhaps from the ground itself. The missing circle suggests a smaller chamber, threshold or domestic mark buried within a much older mound, waiting to be recognized rather than invented.

In the 1940s a 'stone circle' which stood in a rath (KE093-003----) in Edward Tuohy's land, and which consisted of 'about 15 stones of varying sizes with a diameter of about 35 feet [10.66m]' was recorded (ITA). There are, however, no visible remains of any stone circle here. As the feature described stood in a rath, it is unlikely to have been a stone circle. However, the stones may have formed some type of internal enclosure. 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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