What is recorded here
In rough pasture, on a SW-facing slope to the N of Carran Mountain. A grass-covered horseshoe-shaped mound (7.6m NE-SW; 5.8m SE-NW; H 0.6m) of burnt material with the opening (2.4m NW-SE; 1.6m SW-NE) facing NW. The top of the mound is flat, apart from a slight depression in the centre. The surrounding area is boggy and covered with rushes. A possible fulacht fia (KE094-026003-) is c. 230m to the SE.
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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