What is recorded here
In rough stony pasture, on the floor of a sheltered corrie at the NE side of Knockmoyle Mountain. A D-shaped area (6.4m E-W), with a straight W side (L 5m), defined by the remains of a roughly constructed drystone wall (T 0.7m; H 0.8m). Boulders are incorporated into the wall at S. There is an entrance (Wth 0.55m) at NE. A hut site (KE081-043001-) is c. 50m to the N.
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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