Fulacht fia in Mangerton

In rough hill pasture, on the W bank of a stream, on the SE-facing slope of Mangerton Mountain and within a network of field boundaries (KE085-027002-). A pear-shaped mound (8m N-S; 4.2m E-W) of burnt material which is highest (H 1.2m) at N. The mound is eroded by a stream on the E side. There is a hut site (KE085-027005-) 150m to the ENE. 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