Stone row in Curragh More

This site, not marked on the OS maps, is located on the saddle ridge which extends N from Broaghnabinna mountain to Curragh More lake and separates the Black and Bridia valleys. The ridge bears a mantle of peat, c .45m deep in the vicinity of the monument. The row, 2.7m long, is comprised of three stones and is orientated ESE-WNW. The tallest stone, at E, stands 1.95m high and measures .66m x .55m at base where a number of packing stones are exposed. Standing .8m to W, the central and lowest stone is .72m high and measures .32m x .25m at base. The long axis of the third stone, .44m to W, is aligned N-S; it stands .9m high and is .35m x .26m at base (Ó Nuallain 1988, 238). The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 100. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 28 July 2013