What is recorded here

Scotia’s Glen still drops southward from the eastern bank of the Finglas River, where a fourteen-metre mound of stone and earth lies beside the water like a forgotten shoulder. It is not a grand castle or a neat tomb, but an irregular ridge, wider at one end and lower than a person would expect, yet visible enough to stop a traveller moving through the glen. Perhaps someone built it to be seen, or perhaps the river simply gathered what the land discarded. Either way, the mound remains a small marker in a deep place, asking to be noticed before it is explained.

'Located on the eastern side of the Finglas River, near the head of Scotia’s Glen, this site again affords excellent views down the glen to the south. The site consists of an irregular mound of stone and earth (KE038-126001-) running NW-SE for a length of 14.3m beside the river. The mound varies between 3.3m in width at its north-western end and 5.2m in width at its south-eastern end, and is on average 1.3m high.' Description from ‘The Prehistoric Settlement of the Lee Valley, Tralee, Co. Kerry; A Landscape Perspective’ by Michael Connolly. PhD Thesis UCC 2008 Date of upload: 20 June 2012

A Neolithic passage tomb; its location suggests a ceremonial or ritual significance related to the surrounding landscape.

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