What is recorded here
Ring-ditch in Flemby is a vanished 18-metre circle hidden beneath ordinary ground at the eastern edge of the Sliabh Mis. It has no visible marker, yet it still faces the Stacks Mountains and the low land running toward Castleisland and Farranfore. Perhaps people once stood there, not as owners but as guests of a wide valley, leaving only a shadow that aerial photography can still read.
'Located in undulating land at the eastern extent of the Sliabh Mis, this site affords good views of the Stacks Mountains to the north and of the low-lying land running towards Castleisland and Farranfore to the east. The site was noted on colour aerial photography where it clearly shows up as a dark circular enclosure. There is no trace of the site at ground level and the approximate diameter of the site is 18m.'
Description from ‘The Prehistoric Settlement of the Lee Valley, Tralee, Co. Kerry; A Landscape Perspective’ by Michael Connolly. PhD Thesis UCC 2008
Date of upload: 25 June 2012
This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- No visible remains or recorded as destroyed
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