What is recorded here
In level pasture, close to the E bank of the Cleady River. An irregularly shaped glacial erratic (3m N-S; 2m E-W; H 1.6m) is said locally to have been a mass-rock used during Penal times.
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 holy well or ritual site; 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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