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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Rory Carroll Ireland correspondent

Remains of ‘lost’ bronze age tomb discovered in County Kerry in Ireland

Billy Mag Fhloinn looks at Altóir na Gréine.
Billy Mag Fhloinn with the remnants of the tomb. Photograph: Seán Mac an tSíthigh/RTÉ News

The remnants of a bronze age tomb once thought to have been destroyed and lost to history have been discovered in County Kerry on the Atlantic coast of Ireland.

The tomb, known locally as Altóir na Gréine – the sun altar – stood for approximately 4,000 years on a hill outside the village of Ballyferriter on the Dingle peninsula before vanishing in the mid-19th century.

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