Charcoal-making site in Canagullen

In rough hill pasture, on a steep SE-facing rocky slope overlooking Glanmore Lake and valley. A roughly oval platform (12m NE-SW; 6.5m NW-SE) which is cut (D 1.3m) into the upslope along the NW arc and raised (H 1.5m) along the SE arc to give a level interior. Several patches of black soil with charcoal inclusions are exposed ESE-S. There is a hut site (KE111-029001-) c. 60m to the N. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 May 2011