
What is recorded here
In rough hill grazing, on bog on the lower S-facing slopes of Knocklomena. A horseshoe-shaped grass-covered mound (14m N-S; 12m E-W; H 1.2m) of burnt material with its opening (5m N-S; 4m E-W) facing W. Stones protrude from the base of the mound along the E arc of the opening. The N end of a trackway (KE083-077----) is c. 40m to the SW.
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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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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