What is recorded here
In rough hill pasture, on the SW-facing slope of Mangerton Mountain. The remains of a circular hut site (diam. 2.2m) defined by a collapsed drystone wall (T 0.6m; H 0.6m). The W portion of the interior is raised (H 0.2m) and the E portion is cut (D 0.6m) into the upslope to compensate for the hillslope. There is a hut site (KE084-045002-) c. 20m to the SW.
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
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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