
What is recorded here
On a low rise with a thin covering of peat, immediately SW of Coosatorinth, Valencia Island. The ruins of at least three huts occur within an old field system which occupies an area with a radius of about 100m. Mitchell postulates an Early Medieval date for the cluster (1989, 69).
(3) KE078-025002-; At W, a two-roomed rectangular hut with a basal row of uprights. D: 5.7m x 3.7m.
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. 1200. 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
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