What is recorded here

Kyle is a lost burial ground atop a hill in County Limerick, Ireland. A circular monument once marked the place, but farming erased its visible shape. The dead may still sleep beneath the track and sheds, waiting for someone to remember them.

Atop hill. Monument, depicted as partly enclosed circular area (diam. c. 20m) on 1841 OS 6-inch map, has been levelled; no visible surface trace. Farm trackway (Wth 4.3m; H 0.45m) now covers site and farm sheds built immediately to S. Listed by Westropp (1904-5, 403) simply as 'a burial-ground'. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

Neolithic passage tomb; 4th to 3rd millennium BCE. Significance lies in its association with early ritual and burial practices in the region, though its exact form and function remain obscured due to agricultural modification.

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.