What is recorded here
In rough hill pasture, on a SE-facing slope, overlooking Lough Inchiquin and immediately N of a river. A roughly kidney-shaped mound (9m N-S; 4m E-W; H 0.7m) of burnt material with large stones incorporated into its S portion; the opening (c. 1m N-S; c. 1m E-W) faces WNW. The mound is eroded at NW. A fulacht fia (KE101-081002-) lies immediately to the E and another (KE101-081001-) is immediately to the S, on the opposite bank of the river.
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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