Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Megalithic structure
Scariff, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Scariff
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.73276, -10.24116
- SMR number
- KE105A002----
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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
This site, described in the OSNB (Kilcrohane, 192) as a 24 foot (7.3m) long grave, was located on the NE side of Scariff Island, a short distance S of an ecclesiastical site (KE105A-001----). Henry described the site as 'two erect slabs standing about 20 feet [6.09m] apart', and recorded that local digging at the site revealed no finds (1957, 146). No trace of this site, which was locally known as the 'Giant's Grave', is now apparent.
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. 98. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 28 July 2013
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.