What is recorded here

Enclosure in Gortlahard (glanarought By., Cappagh Ed) is a ruined circular boundary in rough peaty pasture above the Sheen River valley. A collapsed stone arc still marks part of the circle, while deeper peat may hide the rest. Eight cairns sit in a rough line inside the eastern half, like forgotten witnesses or a game abandoned mid-play. The place does not explain itself, but it keeps its shape in silence.

In rough peaty pasture, on a S-facing slope overlooking the valley of the Sheen River. The enclosure (original diam. c. 60m) survives as an arc of collapsed drystone walling (L 140m; Wth 2m; H 0.3m) SW-SE, best preserved N-SE. The remainder of the enclosing wall SE-SW appears to continue beneath deeper peat cover. Eight cairns (KE093-094002-, KE093-094003-, KE093-094004-, KE093-094005-, KE093-094006-, KE093-094007-, KE093-094008-, KE093-094009-) are arranged in a rough arc in the E half of the 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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