What is recorded here
In level pasture, to the N of Kenmare Bay. A stone circle (KE093-018----) was indicated here on the 1846 OS 6-inch map, enclosing a central stone. The central stone appears to have had a cupmark on its upper surface as depicted in a sketch from the 1842 OS Memoranda, County Kerry, which is reproduced by Ó Nualláin (1984a, 63, fig. 12). Ó Nualláin (1975, 86) suggests that this central stone may have been the cover of a boulder-burial. There are no visible remains of this possible boulder-burial or of its enclosing stone circle.
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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