What is recorded here
In rough hill pasture, 1m to the SE of a NE-flowing stream, on the SE-facing slope of Mangerton Mountain. A horseshoe-shaped mound (7.2m N-S; 5m E-W; H 0.75m) of burnt material with the opening facing W. The N portion of the mound is eroded. Two other fulachtaí fia (KE085-002003-, KE085-002005-) are 130m to the W and 50m to the E, respectively.
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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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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