What is recorded here

Glanmakee holds three forgotten fairy stones in rough Kerry pasture, overlooking the Caragh river and Bridia valley. People once pointed to them near sheepfolds and mountain gaps, treating marked rock as living law rather than dead history. The stones have vanished from modern sight, but the valleys still remember the hands that drew them.

For descriptive account see O'Sullivan and Sheehan (1996, 96, no. 326). 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 In rough and rocky mountain pasture (c. 260m), which is drained by a number of streams that run SW to the Caragh river. Directly overlooking Bridia valley to S and SW and Caragh river valley further to W. Overlooked by higher ground WNW->N->SE and Bealdarrig mountain to S. Ó Cíobháin records three 'money/fairy stones' - terms used locally to describe rock art - in the N half of the townland (1971, 132-3). The first stone (KE072-013----) is located ‘close to 100 yards’ (c. 92m) from the W boundary of the townland’; the second stone (KE072-013001-) is near a sheepfold in the NE area of the townland; the third stone (KE072-013002-) is to E, toward the gap (An Bhearna) (ibid). These could not be located. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 7 July 2017

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