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<< Our Photo Pages >> Uragh SW - Stone Circle in Ireland (Republic of) in Co. Kerry

Submitted by Tom_Bullock on Sunday, 14 July 2002  Page Views: 9700

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Uragh SW
Country: Ireland (Republic of) County: Co. Kerry Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Kenmare  Nearest Village: Tuosist
Map Ref: V8251363033
Discovery Map Number: D84
Latitude: 51.807777N  Longitude: 9.704131W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 5 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
 3 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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tsstorey visited on 25th Sep 2015 - their rating: Access: 3 This circle is getting very overgrown with prickly gorse and tall grass. Some of the back stones were completely covered. I walked right through it and didn't notice it until I turned around. It would be a beautiful circle if it was cleaned out a bit.

kith visited on 1st Feb 2013 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 3



Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Access: 3

Uragh SW
Uragh SW submitted by KenWilliams : This is a wonderful little circle, though large compared to Uragh NE. Situated on a small terrace enclosed by trees and outcrops it feels very private and there are evidently frequent gatherings by people lighting fires in the middle of the circle. Not easy to find, bloody awful to get back to the car from in the dark... (Vote or comment on this photo)
Axial stone circle in Kerry

Circle diameter: 33 by 26 feet, Number of stones: 11
This circle is difficult to find, but is worth the visit. There is a boulder burial in the center. There are 2 brilliant quartz stones at the S, as well as one off center within the ring.
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Uragh SW
Uragh SW submitted by GaelicLaird : The multiple stone circle and central boulder burial. This is the view looking north east. Photo taken July 2022. (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

Uragh SW
Uragh SW submitted by chaika : September 2015. The farmer said his son clears the path up to it, but the circle itself is badly overgrown with gorse. (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

Uragh SW
Uragh SW submitted by ladrin : Less famous but even the same magic! (Vote or comment on this photo)

Uragh SW
Uragh SW submitted by GaelicLaird : The group of three boulder burials and the standing stone (leaning towards the boulder burials on the left) are located approx 10 metres to the south west of the stone circle. This is the view looking west. Photo taken July 2022. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Uragh SW
Uragh SW submitted by ladrin : Not so hard to find today. Just continue uphill from Uragh NE car park, stop where the sign "no more drive beyond" is. Cross the gate on the left and follow the small path about 400m SE. Alternatively walk to the owners house further uphill, cross the gate behind to the open field and approach the ring from above.

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Re: Uragh SW by GaelicLaird on Wednesday, 22 March 2023
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There’s a bit going on at this site; a multiple stone circle with central boulder burial, a Fulacht fia, three additional boulder burials and a standing stone:

The multiple-stone circle is recorded as monument KE101-025001-
In rough pasture, on the N slope of Knockreagh Mountain. An irregular circle (diam. 7.5m NE-SW x 8.5m NW-SE) of ten stones (H 1-1.25m; 0.6-1.4m x 0.4-0.7m), two of which have fallen and another two of which are incorporated into a field boundary at SW. A large gap between two stones in the SE arc suggests the former presence of an eleventh stone. Two transversely set entrance stones stand at NE and directly opposite is the flat-topped axial stone. Two low stones (H 0.3 and 0.4m) are exposed 2m NE of the entrance and may be an elaboration of this feature or perhaps part of a field boundary.

To see a 3D model of this monument visit: https://skfb.ly/6qBKZ

A boulder-burial stands in the center of a multiple-stone circle and is recorded as monument KE101-025002-
In rough pasture on a terrace of a N-facing slope overlooking Lough Inchiquin. and consists of a flat-topped boulder (1.65m x 1.2m; T 0.5m) supported on four stones, three of which are small. The boulder is orientated NE-SW and some small cupmarks and linear incised markings, V-shaped in section, were noted on it.

Boulder-burial KE101-025003-
In rough pasture, c. 10m SW of the multiple-stone circle. This, the N of three boulder-burials, consists of a boulder (max. dim. 1.58m) resting on at least one support-stone, which is partially obscured by peat. The two other boulder-burials (KE101-025005-, KE101-025006-) stand 1.5m to the SE and SW, respectively.

Fulacht fia KE101-025004-
In rough pasture, on an E-facing slope, overlooking the valley of Cloonee and Inchiquin Lakes. A D-shaped mound (straight SW side: 6.4m NW-SE; 6.6m NE-SW; H 0.55m) of burnt material, partially obscured by gorse bushes. The fulacht fia abuts the outer face of the axial stone of the multiple-stone circle.

Boulder-burial KE101-025005-
In rough pasture, c. 10m SW of the multiple-stone circle. This, the SE of a group of three boulder-burials, consists of a boulder (max. dim. 1.5m), resting on at least one support-stone, which is partially obscured by peat.

Boulder-burial KE101-025006-
In rough pasture, c. 10m SW of the multiple-stone circle. This, the SW of a group of three boulder-burials, consists of a boulder (max. dim. 1.25m) partially obscured by peat. No support-stones are visible.

Standing stone KE101-025007-
In rough pasture, on an E-facing slope overlooking Lough Inchiquin and the valley of the Cloonee River. This standing stone (0.4m x 0.25m; H 1.1m) is orientated NW-SE and leans to the NW. Three boulder-burials (KE101-025003-, KE101-025005-, KE101-025006-) lie 2m to the NE.

The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009).

As previously mentioned the site gets heavily overgrown in summer so maybe best visited during the winter months when foliage has died back.
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Re: Uragh SW by chaika on Sunday, 20 September 2015
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Sept 2015. Wow! nice to see what the circle might look like if all the tall, tall invasive gorse were removed. Now you can barely see some of the stones and there is now no solid feeling that this is a circle.
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Re: Uragh SW by frogcottage42 on Friday, 19 February 2010
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Good photo,
This circle is only two miles from my house but when I last visited it (feb 2010) someone has dug out beneath the central burial to a depth of around 18" and worse than simply destroying the archaeological context they have lit a fire and scraped the remnants into the hole beneath the boulder burial !
Any hope of carbon dating at this site in the future is well and truly compromised. On the brighter side the three large rocks adjacent to the south of the circle do form a natural chamber around six feet wide at the base and ten feet long which would merit investigation at some point due to their natural resemblance to a tomb and proximity to the circle.
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