What is recorded here

Half-buried under blanket bog on an east-facing slope above Loughanunaghan Lake, a single prostrate slab and scattered stones mark an old chamber where people may have gathered, hidden things or watched the water below. The chamber is narrow, barely high enough to crouch inside, and the surrounding slabs suggest a deliberate arrangement rather than fallen rock. It is the kind of place that stops a walker mid-stride, not because it is grand, but because it is small, damaged and still holding its shape.

In rough hill pasture, on an E-facing slope overlooking Loughanunaghan Lake. The remains consist of a single prostrate slab (c. 2.8m x c. 1m) most of which is covered by a layer of blanket bog. An exposed chamber-like area (Wth 0.75m; H 0.3m) extends (min. L 0.75m) under the E end of the slab, where there is evidence of further stones. Two slabs (0.95m x 0.45m; 0.95m x 0.42m) lie prostrate on the boggy ground immediately to the E. There are two smaller slabs, one upright and one leaning, near the NE corner of the structure. A standing stone-pair (KE111-019001-) lies c. 5m to the NW and a hut site (KE111-019002-) c. 5m to the W. 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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