What is recorded here
In Bonane Heritage Park, on a break on a SW-facing slope. The boulder-burial stands in the centre of a multiple-stone circle (KE102-032002-) and consists of a large boulder (1.6m x 1.6m; T 1m) resting on at least three support-stones. A pad-stone has been inserted to steady the boulder. A fulacht fia (KE102-032004-) lies c. 25m to the E.
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
Boulder-burial in Dromagorteen is a Bronze Age funerary monument, likely dating to between 2000 and 1000 BCE. Its placement within a stone circle suggests ritual or ceremonial significance, reflecting early communal burial practices in the region.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
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Famine RuinRuins · 48 yd
Bullaun StoneHeritage attraction · 173 yd
Bonane Heritage ParkMuseum · 297 yd
IndicatedEnclosure · 401 yd
Dromagorteen Br.Bridge · 799 yd
BeneenMountain / peak · 1.0 mi
KnocknamanaghMountain / peak · 2.0 mi
The Priests LeapViewpoint · 3.1 mi
CaoinkeenCliff · 3.5 mi
CastleCastle, unclassified · 3.8 mi
Mucksna Nature ReserveNature reserve · 4.2 mi