Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial
Log Na Gcapall, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Log Na Gcapall
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.13579, -10.13075
- SMR number
- KE054-033003-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Described by Cuppage (1986, 255, no. 807) as follows; 'Cnoc na Fola is a low, sub-rectangular cairn located on the low ridge overlooking Minard to S. The level field in which it occurs is named Páirc na Fola and was traditionally the scene of a bloody battle in ancient times. The cairn reputedly marks the graves of those slain. It measures 7.4 x 8.2m and is 0.6m high.
Windele (1838, 155) was informed that a cave containing bones had been found nearby and that graves and bones were frequently revealed during ploughing. The cave may have been a souterrain but, in the context of the site, is more likely to have been a grave. An Seabhac (1939, 173) mentions that 3 of the standing stones mark the heads of large graves about 15 feet long (4.6m). No traces of these features survive on the surface today'. (See KE054-034----)
References
Cuppage, J. 1986 Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne.
Windele, J. 1848 Excursions in Kerry. Royal Irish Academy MS 12 C 11.
Seabhac, An. 1939 Triocha-Céad Chorca Dhuibhne. Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ogham stoneunder 1 mi
- Ogham stoneunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.