
What is recorded here
A circular enclosure, bisected by an E-W field boundary, is marked at this location on the first edition of the OS map. It was located in rough pasture overlooking Ballinskelligs Bay to E and S. The S half of the site survives as a semicircular scarp which delimits a platform 1.1m high and 20.5m in diameter. Its E and W limits are sharply defined, while its S side slopes down gradually for 5.6m to surrounding ground level. No trace remains of the enclosure on the N side of the field boundary.
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. 757. 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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