What is recorded here
In rough pasture on the SE slopes of Bentee, close to a modern track. A sod-covered, drystone hut of subrectangular plan. D: 3.6m x 2.5m. H: .85m. T: 1m. On a terrace 11m to N, two conjoined structures of contiguous uprights; that at N is of rectangular plan, 4m x 3.6m, while the adjoining structure at S is of triangular plan 6.3m x 3.5m.
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. 1322. 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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