What is recorded here
In rough hill pasture, on the N edge of a terrace on the lower N-facing slopes of Knockmoyle Mountain. An oval area (12m E-W; 5m N-S) defined by a moss-covered, collapsed drystone wall (T 0.6m; H 0.45m) which protrudes above the surface of the surrounding shallow bog. Large stones are visible in the lower courses. There is a hut site (KE081-045001-) c. 30m to the E.
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
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
Sweathouse in Com ÚraSweathouse · 1295 yd
KnockmoyleMountain / peak · 1316 yd
Field boundary in Curravoola,meall Na MbreacField boundary · 1.0 mi
Coomura MtnMountain / peak · 1.1 mi
RoadRoad, road/trackway · 3.6 mi
Sneem Garda Síochána Stationgarda station/constabulary barracks · 6.0 mi
De Gaulle MemorialMonument · 6.0 mi
GarinishIslet · 8.2 mi
Coral BeachBeach / strand · 8.4 mi
Short Castle (Site of)Castle, unclassified · 8.4 mi
Rossdohan IslandIsland · 8.8 mi