Hut site in Mangerton

In rough hill pasture, on a terrace on the SW-facing slope of Mangerton Mountain. The remains of a circular hut site (diam. 2.3m) defined by a collapsed drystone wall (T 0.6m; H 0.6m) which is best preserved at E. The E portion of the interior is cut into the upslope to compensate for the hillslope. The level interior is covered with rushes. This hut site adjoins the ESE arc of another hut site (KE084-043001-). A relict wall from a network of field boundaries (KE084-043004-) is immediately to the SW. Two other hut sites (KE084-043002-, KE084-043003-) are 17m and 43m to the S, 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