Enclosure in Glanrastel

In rough hill pasture, 25m N of the Glanrastel River, on a break in the S-facing slope of Cummeenbaun Mountain. An oval area (9m E-W; 7.6m N-S) defined by a scarp (H 0.55m) with a slight internal lip (Wth c. 0.8m; int. H 0.05m) E-W and by an upsloping scarp W-E. The enclosure is cut (D 0.6m) into the upslope W-E and is built up (H 0.55m) externally on the downslope E-W. The scarp is stone faced externally E-W. The interior is level. 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