Enclosure in Glanrastel

In rough pasture, in a level area on the N-facing slopes of Knockeirky Mountain. A roughly oval area (5.1m N-S; 4m E-W) defined by the lower courses of a roughly built, drystone wall (T c. 0.7m at base, 0.3m at top; H 1.25m) with four large boulders at NE, SE, S and W. The lower course of the wall is a single stone wide. There is an entrance (Wth 0.65m) at N. A fulacht fia (KE109-075002-) is c. 25m to the SW. 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