It sits, classified and counted, in that particular category of Irish heritage site that is known to exist but whose details remain largely undigested by the wider world.

Kerry has an extraordinary density of early burial sites, ranging from prehistoric cist graves and Bronze Age cairns to early medieval enclosure cemeteries, many of them associated with local saints or pre-Christian ritual landscapes. Carker, like many Kerry townlands, carries its history close to the surface, often literally. Without more specific detail available, it is not possible to say whether this is a post-medieval parish burial ground, an earlier ecclesiastical enclosure, or something older still. What can be said is that the act of designating it as a monument reflects a judgement that it merits preservation and study, even if that study is still pending.