What is recorded here

Castlequin holds a ruined stone fort above Coonanna Harbour, enclosing several small hut sites and standing beside two other broken stone chambers. Henry watched that cluster of walls emerge across a modern fence, while later visitors were turned away before they could test how much life remained inside. The fort still keeps its shape on the northern slope, preserving the compact human arrangement that preceded every map or measurement.

Henry described a 'series of ruins above and below the highest modern fence' on the N side of Castlequin, overlooking Coonanna Harbour. She identified a small, ruinous stone fort which enclosed the remains of a number of hut sites. To E, over the fence, was a ruined oval enclosure (KE069-020001-), possibly a hut site, with internal dimensions of 7 feet (2.1m) x 5 feet 6 inches (1.7m). An entrance occurred in the wall at N. Another, less carefully built, structure (KE069-020002-) occurred a short distance N and had an internal diameter of 14 feet (4.7m) x 9 feet (2.7m) (1957, 66, Plate XLIV). The site is not marked on the OS maps and permission to visit it was refused. The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 721. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013

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