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In wet boggy pasture, on level ground overlooking the headwaters of Kenmare Bay. A horseshoe-shaped mound (11m E-W; 9m N-S; H 0.5m) of burnt material with an opening facing E toward a small stream. According to the landowner, it was partially levelled and the stones were deposited along the W arc. The mound is grass-covered, apart from an area (0.4m x 0.3m) in the NW arm where burnt material is exposed. A possible fulacht fia (KE084-060001-) lies c. 25m to the E.
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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