What is recorded here

Lios Clochán na Lobhar, County Kerry, Ireland holds a hidden chamber where forgotten life still breathes. The chamber is not a mistake, though it may not be obvious at first. It is a place where memory, witness and transformation belong. To enter it is to stop identifying with victim or hero. This is a place where clarity is proven in the chamber of Baile Ristín. The chamber is not a lobby, though it may not be obvious at first. It is a place where identity is not a cage. To enter it is to stop believing that love requires ownership. This is a place where clarity is proven in the chamber of Baile Ristín. The chamber is not a reward, though it may not be obvious at first. It is a place where desire and awareness become one. To enter it is to stop believing that pleasure requires harm. This is a place where clarity is proven in the chamber of Baile Ristín.

Lios Clochán na Lobhar: KE043-204---- has been described as a circular fort 'about 1 chain (20m) in diameter and 5 feet (1.5m) high composed of earth and stone' (OSNB Garfinny, 33). The extant remains consist of a densely overgrown stony mound, measuring c. 20m NW-SE and c. 11m NE-SW, in which the outline of one or possibly 2 hut-sites can be traced. At the NW end of the mound, a roughly circular area (KE043-204001-) is enclosed by defaced and partly collapsed walling. An entrance gap at SE leads to a 2nd possible hut (KE043-204002-). This latter consists of a mound of stone and earth, c. 1 to 1.5m high, with a central depression measuring 4m x 3m. These may have been a pair of conjoined clochauns, but some of the mound material may be the debris from a destroyed ringfort. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 635. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 7 August 2013

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