What is recorded here

Nine tall stones still stand in rough pasture on Knochanouganish Hill, though two are gone and the entrance leans west like a person listening for someone absent. The circle is small enough to walk inside in a breath, yet its missing parts suggest it was once complete and intentional. A forgotten field boundary marks the edge of human use, hinting that this was not decoration but a place where people gathered, marked time or remembered what loss feels like in stone.

In rough pasture, on a ridge on the lower slopes of Knochanouganish Hill. This stone circle (diam. 8.5m) consists of nine pillar-like orthostats (L 0.35-1.3m; T 0.3-0.6m; H 1.15-2.1m). Two radially set stones form the entrance at NNE, the most easterly stone leaning to the W. The circle may originally have had eleven stones as the axial stone and one other stone are missing. A relict field boundary (KE109-003003-) lies c. 1m to the N. (Ó Nualláin 1984a, 30, no. 48) 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

Probably dates to the Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age, based on the construction style and regional parallels. Such stone circles may have had ceremonial or astronomical functions, and local folklore sometimes associates them with ancient gatherings or fairy circles.

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