Megalithic structure in Baslickane, County Kerry

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What is recorded here

Known locally as 'Ballybrack Dolmen', this monument is reputed to mark the burial place of Fial, the wife of one of the Milesians who landed in nearby Ballinskelligs Bay (Barrington 1976, 285). It consists of four large overlying slabs, the uppermost measuring 3.33m x 1.88m x .3m. The other slabs are broadly similar in dimensions, and a scatter of small rounded stones, including some quartz, occurs around the base of the structure. Cork University Press (1996), no. 84.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE098-082

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Jonathan Thacker, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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