Leacht

The National Monuments Service's description

Calluragh burial ground (KE034-112003-): This site lies on the fairly steep NE slopes of Reenconnell, on the E side of the 'Saint's Road' which leads to the pilgrimage site on the summit of Brandon mountain (KE034-112001-). It consists of a roughly oval, stone-walled enclosure, within which are a clochaun, 2 leachts, a cross-slab and some graves which probably relate to the reuse of the site as a calluragh burial ground. Two clochauns, one of which contains a souterrain, lie directly outside the enclosure at NE, utilising the enclosure wall as part of their structure.

Leachts: (KE034-112005-) Located in the E sector of the site, the best preserved of these features measures 4 x 4.95m and consists of a roughly rectangular mound of stones retained by drystone walling up to .65m high. A small mound of stones adjacent to its S side may have been a similar feature and it is in this that the cross-slab stands.

The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 832. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.

Date of upload: 8 August 2013