Stone circle - multiple-stone

The National Monuments Service's description

In rough pasture, on a terrace to the S of a medieval road (KE108-013007-), on the lower N-facing slopes of Knocknaveacal. The remains of this stone circle comprised two upright stones (1.4m x 0.4m; H 2.55m; 0.9m x 0.7m; H 1.5m), 3.4m apart and between them a fallen stone resting against outcropping rock. The fallen stone was re-erected following on from the excavation in 1977 which revealed that the upright stones formed part of a circle (diam. c. 17m) of eleven or thirteen stones (Lynch 1981, 65-9). The only artifact recovered during the excavation was a flint scraper. A standing stone (KE108-013008-) which was indicated c. 30m NW of the stone circle on the 1897 OS 6-inch map, but which does not survive, may have been an outlier of this stone circle. A five-stone circle (KE108-013004-) and a stone row (KE108-013002-) lie c. 80m to the E and there are field boundaries (KE108-013005-) to the N and E. (Ó Nualláin 1984a, 29, no. 47)

The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.

Date of upload: 30 May 2011