What is recorded here

Cairn is a circular stone mound in County Kerry, Ireland. It sits on a south-facing slope above the Sheen River valley, beside an enclosure and two hut sites. Grass covers most of the mound, but exposed stones rise higher on the southeast edge where the slope and light suggest it remains visible from the valley below.

In rough pasture, on a S-facing slope overlooking the valley of the Sheen River. A circular cairn (diam. 4m) is largely grass-covered apart from the SE sector where stones are exposed. The height of the cairn varies from 0.15m in the W and N sectors to 0.9m in the SE sector. Intermittent kerbing occurs around the perimeter. There is an enclosure (KE093-083003-) c. 40m to the S and two adjoining hut sites (KE093-083001-, KE093-083006-) c. 70m 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

A Neolithic cairn; its location and construction suggest it may be a funerary or ritual monument, typical of early farming communities in the region.

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