Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb

The National Monuments Service's description

Located on a ridge of rough grazing land, on the N side of the valley between Been Hill and Teermoyle mountain, this well-preserved wedge-tomb commands an extensive outlook to SW along the valley of the Ferta river. The monument, modified for use as an animal shelter, consists of a wedge-shaped gallery, 3.7m in overall length, and is aligned ENE-WSW. It is 1.2m wide and 1.05m high at its W end, and decreases in width and height at E to 1.1m and .75m respectively. Two orthostats represent the N side of the gallery, while three occur on the S side; both sides decrease in height from W to E. The back-stone is set outside the lends of the gallery walls. Two large flat roof-stones complete the chamber (de Valera and Ó Nuallain 1982, 61). The 'cupmarks', noted by Lynch on the upper surface of the roof-stones (1906a, 280-1), are probably solution pits. The stone at W collapsed into the gallery in 1992.

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. 73. 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