placenamesCappagh
An Cheapach
Archaeological records distinguish monumental stones at Dromatouk from the traces of cultivation at Derrylahan.
The name
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Recorded forms
- An Cheapach · Irish · main form
- Cappagh · English · main form
Place & story
An inscribed stone among its neighbours
At Dromatouk, within Cappagh electoral division, the tallest of three aligned stones carries an eroded ogham inscription along its southeast edge. It stands about 2.45 metres high. Roughly 220 metres south-southwest is a separate five-stone circle, only about 2.65 metres across. These are distinct recorded monuments. Their proximity alone does not establish that the inscription and every neighbouring stone belong to one construction episode. [2]
Cultivation on the ridge
At Derrylahan, the archaeological survey records low stone and earth boundaries with patches of cultivation ridges visible through vegetation. The surveyors tentatively assign this field system to the eighteenth or nineteenth century. Its probable agricultural date distinguishes it from the surrounding monumental landscape. The record supplies physical evidence of cultivation, but no named farming household or securely dated abandonment. [3]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Cappagh. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Dromatouk ogham stone KE093-026002 and circle KE093-087, Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry VolumeI:South-West Kerry2009 · National Monuments Service, Archaeological Survey of Ireland
- Derrylahan field system KE093-037, compiled2011 · Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College Cork
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2020-03-30. How this page was prepared.