
What is recorded here
In rough grazing, on a terrace on the lower S-facing slopes of Cahernageeha Mountain and overlooking Derrynane Bay to the SW. A circular enclosed area (diam. c. 30m) is indicated on the 1846 OS 6-inch map, while a roughly oval enclosed area (c. 27m N-S; c. 21m E-W), named 'Cealluragh Burial Gd.', is indicated on the 1896 OS 6-inch map. A section of the original enclosing element (L c. 6m; T 1.35m; H 0.45m) is visible along the W arc. It consists of an inner and an outer row of large block-type stones with evidence of an infill of smaller stones. The enclosing element is unclear W-N due to damage and a dense cover of briars and ferns. Later, roughly built, slightly curving walls at E and at S may have come from the original enclosing element and from the surrounding stony fields. The interior is covered with dense overgrowth and was used as a children's burial ground (KE106-056005-). At least some of the stone grave-markers may also have come from the original enclosing element.
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
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
Enclosure in CaherdanielEnclosure · 97 yd
Indicated (1846)., CaherdanielEnclosure · 166 yd
Saint Crohan's Catholic Church, Caherdanielchurch/chapel · 679 yd
Ogham StoneVisitor information · 1426 yd
Cahernageeha MountainMountain / peak · 1.0 mi
Derrynane House / Teach Dhoire FhionáinHeritage attraction · 1.2 mi
Teach Dhoire Fhíonáin [Derrynane House], DARRYNANE MOREcountry house · 1.2 mi
Trá An Ráth / Rath BeachBeach / strand · 1.2 mi
Páirc Náisiúnta Stairiúil Dhoire Fhíonáin / Derrynane National Historic ParkNature reserve · 1.2 mi
Derrynane Beach / Trá Doire FhíonáinBeach / strand · 1.3 mi
Eagle HillMountain / peak · 1.4 miOther information
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