What is recorded here
In level, boggy pasture on lower W slopes of Been Hill. Oval, corbelled drystone structure, modified for use as a sheepfold. The lintelled entrance at SSE is .95m high and .9m wide. The present internal diameter measures 9.3m x 5m. H: 1.8m.
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. 1166. 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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