Site of Kers Grave

In pastureland. On the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map this feature is shown some 60m to the SE of the position recorded on the 1914 ed. In 1837 O'Donovan recorded that there was then in this townland a 'giant's grave fifteen feet [c. 4.6m] long which should be shewn on the map' (OSL, 76). The name 'Site of Ker's Grave' applied to it on the 1837 ed. suggests that the feature may have been destroyed shortly after it was recorded in the OSL. There are no remains at the position indicated on the 1914 OS 6-inch map. At the position shown on the 1837 edition, immediately N of a field fence, a rectangular area (c. 30m E-W; 12m N-S) is distinguished from the rest of a large pasture field by its uneven surface and patches of nettles. Compiled by: Eamon Cody Date of upload: 27 February 2012