What is recorded here

Indicated is Cell D, a small stone chamber beside Cell C where a monk may have prayed, waited, or hidden from the Kerry wind. Its narrow floor slopes toward a low doorway, inviting the body to bend before entering the quiet dark. The walls still rise two metres at their strongest point, holding the shape of a life so small it fits inside a single breath.

Clochán (Cell) D described in 1996 as follows; 'Clochaun D: This poorly preserved clochaun is located on the NE side of the nearby clochaun C [KE104A001035-] and appears to be earlier in date than it (information: G. Rourke). Measuring 2.5m x 2.3m internally, its wall stands to a maximum height of 2m at NW. An annotation in Dunraven's plan of the site (1875) suggests that part of its external face at NE and SE is of nineteenth century date. The rear external wall-face rests on a plinth, rebuilt in the 1980s, and internally the wall-face comprises a basal row of upright slabs overlain by roughly coursed masonry. Its largely unflagged floor slopes down towards the conserved doorway, which is 1.04m high. The surviving remains do not indicate that the clochaun was of corbelled construction' (O'Sullivan and Sheehan 1996, 278-90, no. 948 (8)). See attached LiDAR image of monastery with Clochán labelled 'Cell D' [No. 14], taken from Bourke, Hayden and Lynch 2011, 7. 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. Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 7 March 2022

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