What is recorded here
In level pasture, on the N side of the valley of the Roughty River. An irregularly shaped area (32m E-W; 22m N-S) defined on the N side by outcropping rock (H 0.9m), on the E side by a faint linear bank (H 0.1m) and on the S and W sides by a low curving bank (Wth 1.7m; H 0.3m) of earth and stone. The level interior is raised c. 0.4m above the external ground level at S and SW. Graves are marked by uninscribed upright slabs (max. H 0.5m).
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 ancient tomb; wider significance not recorded.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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