What is recorded here
Four metres north-east of the main ringfort, a low circular bank still marks the possible hut. The earth ridge is two and a half to three and a half metres wide, rises about one metre, and leaves a two-metre gap facing south-east. Inside measures six and a half metres from east to west, large enough for a hearth, a sleeping place and the shadow of someone moving through a Kerry dawn.
Extending from the ringfort (KE009-005----) c 4m NE are the possible remains of a hut site (KE009-006----) measuring 6.5m E-W internally. It consists of a circular area enclosed by a bank, 2.5m-3.5m wide, which rises to a height of c 1m. A 2m wide gap to the SE provides an opening into the interior.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 353. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 20 November 2013
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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