What is recorded here

Inishtooskert, the northernmost Blasket island, holds a possible hut site where a curved stone wall still stands half a metre high beside a large mound of rocks. The small dwelling probably measured under four metres across, tiny against the steep climb to five hundred seventy-three feet and the endless sea cliffs surrounding the island. It is easy to imagine a person living there, listening to the Atlantic and watching the sky change before retiring into the narrow stone chamber.

Inishtooskert, the northernmost of the Blasket island group, lies 4 miles off the W extremity of the Dingle Peninsula and 2.5 miles N of the Great Blasket. An area of 241 acres is bounded on all sides by sea-cliffs, and the land slopes upwards in a NW direction, from under 100 feet (30m) OD along the SE side to a maximum altitude of 573 feet (175m) roughly midway along the NW side of the island. The land is generally rocky with a thin soil cover and the N half of the island is devoid of any trace of settlement activity. Part of the S half of the island is occupied by a small field system, and it is within this that the Early Christian settlement, named after St. Brendan, is located. (10) (KE051-001006-) A possible hut-site represented by a spread of stone collapse in which an arc of walling, 3.2m long, .6m high and 1.5m wide, can still be seen. It was probably c. 3.8m in diameter internally. About 15m to N, a large mound of stones, c. 6m in diameter and at least .5m high, may mark the location of a 2nd hut. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 844. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 8 August 2013

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