What is recorded here

The wedge tomb in Com An Tsleabhcháin still holds its chamber on a sharp southern slope, though time and perhaps curiosity have scattered its cover. One upright stands at the north, two stones line the south, and a door-stone blocks the west entrance like a threshold into forgetfulness. It is small enough to overlook, yet old enough to have watched every cartwheel, storm and forgotten funeral pass above it.

This small, ruined monument is located less than 100m E of KE106-036001-, on land which slopes sharply away from its S end. A single repositioned upright marks the N side of the gallery. Two stones constitute its S side; that at E is set inside the line of the other, outside which is a possible buttress-stone. A septal- or door-stone crosses the W end of the gallery. The single stone which formerly covered the chamber is now displaced (de Valera and Ó Nuallain 1982, 66-7). 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. 78. 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: 30 July 2013

Wedge tomb; dates to the Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age. Its location and construction reflect a regional tradition of funerary monuments in the Irish uplands.

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