What is recorded here

Ten stones and a fallen giant circle the river bend, their NE gap framing a hillock that watches like a patient guard. The largest slab leans inward with a beveled top, as if shaped for hands rather than weather. A buried boulder sits at the heart, waiting for the living to remember what they placed there before forgetting.

In rough pasture, to the N of the Glashagorour River and overlooked by a hillock to the S. This stone circle (diam. 10.5m) consists of eleven stones (L 0.6-2.8m; T 0.3-0.6m; H 0.7-1.5m), one of which is prostrate. Two further stones (H 1m and 0.75m), stand radially to the circumference of the circle and form a short entrance passage at NE. The axial stone is a fine regular slab with an internal bevel on its top surface and unusually, it is the largest stone of the circle. A boulder-burial (KE094-021002-) occupies the centre of the interior. A burnt spread (KE094-059----) lies c. 130m to the NNW and a cairn (KE094-058001-) is c. 350m to the W. (Ó Nualláin 1984a, 27, no. 43) To see a 3D model of this monument visit: https://skfb.ly/6UYHV 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

Likely dating to the Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age, this stone circle may have functioned as a ceremonial or ritual site, possibly linked to astronomical observations or seasonal gatherings. No specific folklore is recorded for the site.

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