What is recorded here

Wedge tomb in Ballycarbery West is a ruined Neolithic gallery on level pasture beside Lough Kay, aligned NE-SW toward Valencia Harbour. Its two stones on each side rise only thirty centimetres above the grass, while a transverse stone at the west end may have marked the entrance. The tomb is small, buried and open to the sky, yet it still points across the water like a forgotten invitation.

This monument lies on level pasture, c. 50m from the E shore of Lough Kay, overlooking Valencia Harbour to SW. Now in very ruined condition, this small tomb consists of an unroofed gallery that is deeply buried in the ground and aligned NE-SW. There are faint traces of a low mound at the N side of the structure. The gallery was originally at least 2.8m long. Its sides each consist of two stones, the W stone on the N side inclining markedly inwards. The stones protrude on average only .3m above ground level. The E end of the gallery is either missing or concealed. At the W end is a transverse stone which may represent some form of an entrance feature (de Valera and Ó Nualláin 1982, 62). 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. 70. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. See linked document with details from Ruaidhrí de Valera and Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume IV. Counties Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1982) Date of upload: 28 July 2013

Wedge tomb, dating to the Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age (c. 2500–1000 BC). Its location overlooking Valencia Harbour suggests potential ritual or funerary significance related to coastal landscapes.

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