What is recorded here
Cairn is an oval pile of loose stones in rough hill pasture, overlooking the Dromoghty River valley. It belongs to a group of nine similar markers, with the nearest about thirty metres to the southwest. Gorse and grass partly hide it now, but traces of kerbing remain on its northeast edge. The stones may have marked a boundary, a burial or a meeting place, yet no clear function has survived.
In rough hill pasture, on a SW-facing slope, overlooking the valley of the Dromoghty River. This oval cairn (3.4m NE-SW; 2.3m NW-SE; H 0.8m) of loose stones is partially obscured by gorse and grass. Traces of kerbing were noted N-E. This is one of a group of nine cairns (see KE102-091003-, KE102-091004-, KE102-091005-, KE102-091006-, KE102-091007-, KE102-091009-, KE102-091010-, KE102-091011-), the closest of which (KE102-091003-) lies c. 30m to the SW.
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
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- What survives
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