What is recorded here
In rough pasture, on the S bank of a stream, on the N-facing slope of Knockowen. A horseshoe-shaped sod-covered mound (9.8m N-S; 5.7m E-W; H 1m) of burnt material. The opening (4.3m N-S; 2.3m E-W) faces W. Exposed burnt material is visible at the tip of the NW arm and a boulder is situated at the tip of the SW arm.
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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