What is recorded here
One chamber, no hall. The Iveragh survey measured the collapsed wall at two metres thick and the eastern gap at eighty centimetres, wide enough for a person but narrow enough to keep out much of the storm. That is a dwelling, not a display. The rath around it may have belonged to a family, a herder or a seasonal worker, yet the chamber itself still points to ordinary life: a door, a floor and a wall built to remain standing when the sky failed.
Centrally located in the rath's interior are the sod-covered remains of a circular hut (KE070-052001-). Measuring 6.3m N-S x 5.8m E-W internally, its much collapsed wall averages 2m wide. A .8m wide gap at E marks its entrance.
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. 553. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 29 July 2013
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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