What is recorded here

Inishtooskert, the northernmost Blasket island, holds an Early Christian settlement named for St. Brendan within a small southern field system. A second stone cross once stood in a pile of stones before disappearing, leaving only the first cross and the memory of a lost marker. The rocky island rises sharply from sea-cliffs, but the northern half remains empty of settlement traces.

Inishtooskert, the northernmost of the Blasket island group, lies 4 miles off the W extremity of the Dingle Peninsula and 2.5 miles N of the Great Blasket. An area of 241 acres is bounded on all sides by sea-cliffs, and the land slopes upwards in a NW direction, from under 100 feet (30m) OD along the SE side to a maximum altitude of 573 feet (175m) roughly midway along the NW side of the island. The land is generally rocky with a thin soil cover and the N half of the island is devoid of any trace of settlement activity. Part of the S half of the island is occupied by a small field system, and it is within this that the Early Christian settlement, named after St. Brendan, is located. A 2nd stone cross (KE051-001024-), now missing, was described in the OSM as being located 'in the pile of stones', possibly the leacht KE051-001002-. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 844. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 8 August 2013

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