
What is recorded here
In rough hill pasture, on an E-facing slope, overlooking Kenmare Bay and the valley of the Dromoghty River. A horseshoe-shaped mound (18.5m NE-SW; 16.5m NW-SE) of burnt material, rising to an apex (H 3.1m) at E; the opening (4.5m NE-SW; c. 8m NW-SE) faces NW. Mound material is exposed in several places. A network of relict field boundaries (KE101-015001-) are to the N and W.
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
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