What is recorded here
In rough hill pasture, on the S-facing slopes of Barrerneen and within a network of relict field boundaries (KE103-017003-). The remains of a circular hut site (diam. 2.5m) defined by a drystone wall (T 0.6m; H 0.6m). The wall has collapsed mainly outwards and rubble is scattered downslope SE-W. One of the relict field walls adjoins this hut site at W. Two other hut sites (KE103-017008-, KE103-017009-) are c. 6m to the E and c. 70m to the NE, respectively.
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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