What is recorded here

One young adult, aged twenty-five to thirty, was burned and placed in a narrow pit beneath a single slab. Five stones still stand around the hole on the lower slopes of Knocknaveacal, marking the exact centre where that life ended and was remembered. The pasture has changed little since the pit was cut, keeping the shape of a choice made in loss rather than forgotten by time.

In rough hill pasture, on a terrace on the lower NE-facing slopes of Knocknaveacal. This burial, which is in the centre of a five-stone circle (KE108-013004-), was excavated and described by Lynch (1981, 66) as a pit containing a cremated burial and covered by a single slab. On analysis, the burial, which was in a primary position, was found to be probably that of an individual aged between 25 and 30 years (ibid.). 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

Pit-burial in Cashelkeelty is a Neolithic pit burial, dating to approximately 4000–2500 BCE. Its significance lies in its association with early funerary practices and the surrounding stone circle, which suggests ritual or ceremonial use of the site.

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