Monitoring of the N22 Bealagrellagh to Gortatlea N22 road re-alignment in September 2000 uncovered several pits, portion of a fulacht fiadh and a ring- barrow, of which only the northern half extended into the area under construction. The resulting excavations were funded by Kerry County Council.

In all ten pits were excavated, all of which contained either charcoal or traces of burning, while one pit produced over thirty sherds of Beaker pottery and portion of a stone axe-head.

No surface indication of the ring-barrow was noted prior to the commencement of construction work on this road project. The southern half of this barrow extends under the existing Tralee to Farranfore road. The exposed portion of the site measures 25.0m east-west, consisting of a circular ditch 1.00m wide and 0.35m deep. A small quantity of cremated bone was recovered from a shallow depression in the center of the barrow, but no other artefact was retrieved.

The pottery can be dated to the Early Bronze Age, and was uncovered immediately to the north-west of a multi-phase enclosure in the same townland. The placing of the pottery sherds, representing at least three separate pots, and portion of a stone axe-head is undoubtedly a ritual act. There may be a ceremonial association with the nearby ring-barrow, the curious multi-phased enclosure, or indeed an embanked enclosure which is in close proximity to the site. All of these monuments are situated at the base of Glanbane hill fort, and represent part of a ritual landscape, which has hitherto lain unnoticed beneath the ground in this part of County Kerry.