Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Megalithic structure
Cill Buaine, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cill Buaine
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.85418, -10.33022
- SMR number
- KE087-086----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
This site is known locally as a giant's or warrior's grave. It is located on the lower S slopes of Kilkeaveragh mountain, overlooking St Finan's Bay, and comprises two slabs set on edge, 1.05m apart, capped by a large, irregularly shaped boulder. The boulder measures 1m x .75m x .25m thick, while the supporting slabs each measure .45m x .8m x .1m. A number of recumbent slabs occur close by.
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. 1466. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 1 August 2013
Nearby in the register
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.