
What is recorded here
On the well-drained SE facing slopes of Bray Head, Valencia Island, overlooking the entrance to Portmagee Channel. Traces of broad cultivation ridges and field boundaries occur in the vicinity of buildings and extend outwards over a wider area.
A 3.3m stretch of a field wall (KE087-021002-) is located 7m SSW of the most northerly of the group of huts.
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. 1135. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 31 July 2013
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
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IndicatedHut site · 61 yd
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MillMill, unclassified · 462 yd
Bray HeadMountain / peak · 674 yd
Telegraph Field Valentia IslandMemorial · 1.1 mi
Kerry CliffsHeritage attraction · 1.7 mi
Culloo RockViewpoint · 2.1 mi
Sean LochaCliff · 2.5 mi
Tráigh na SplinceBeach / strand · 2.6 miOther information
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