What is recorded here

Two conjoined huts cling to the steep south face of Knocknaskereighta, overlooking St Finan’s Bay and the distant Skelligs. Local tradition links the place to St Buonia, possibly a sister of St Patrick, while other accounts name St Brendan or his disciple St Beoanus as the founder. The western chamber measures 4.3m across, the eastern 3.1m, joined by a narrow lintelled passage. Whoever built them chose a bleak, beautiful vantage point where prayer and survival both demanded endurance.

KE088-027004- is located on a fairly steep, S facing slope of Knocknaskereighta mountain, towards the head of a broad valley which is locally known as ‘The Glen’. It affords excellent views to St Finan’s Bay and the Skelligs at W. The site is associated with St Buonia (Beoanigh), who is locally reputed to have been a sister of St Patrick. It has also been suggested that the site was founded by St Brendan or by St Beoanus, his disciple (O’Donoghue 1893, 280-3). Permission to survey the site was refused, and the following description is based on summary notes and the accounts published of it by Lynch (1902a) and Henry (1957). Circular Huts: (4) (KE088-027012-) This pair of conjoined huts are of drystone corbelled construction and are joined by a .7m long lintelled passage. An independent entrance, .6m wide, is located at SE in the larger, W hut. The internal diameter of this hut is 4.3m, while that of the E example is 3.1m. 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. 954. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 July 2013

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