Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial
Camp (corkaguiny By.),cool, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Camp (corkaguiny By.),cool
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- SMR number
- KE036-082----
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The National Monuments Service's description
In the first half of the 19th century a new road, being constructed through Glenfais, cut through a row of 10 or 12 stone-lined cists lying 2 or 3 feet (.6 to .9m) below the surface. Rowan (1858, 102-3) trenched the adjoining field and exposed a 2nd row of graves each containing an extended skeleton but no grave-goods. Apparently a great number of cists were present, laid out in regular rows. Rowan described the location as lying midway between an ogham stone (KE036-046----) and a standing stone (KE037-042----) which would place it in Cool townland, but Windele (1860, 115) named the adjacent townland of Camp, and the precise location has not been identified.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 198. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 4 August 2013