What is recorded here
In rough hill grazing, on a peaty terrace on the S-facing slopes of Knockleama and within a field system (KE083-023002-). The remains of a D-shaped hut site (3.1m N-S) defined by a jumbled stone wall (T 0.7m; H 0.4m) with a straight N side (L 3.5m). Field walls abut the hut site at the W and E. There is an enclosure (KE083-023016-) c. 38m to the E.
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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