What is recorded here
Midway between KE079-004- and KE079-006----, this circular hut is largely reduced to a mound of stone collapse. Drystone facing is evident beneath the collapse along its N half, giving an internal diameter of 3.8m and an average wall thickness of 1.1m.
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. 1318. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 1 August 2013
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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