What is recorded here
In rough hill pasture, on the S-facing slope of Coombane Hill and within a field system (KE084-022----). The remains of a rectangular hut site (4m N-S; 3m E-W) defined by a collapsed drystone wall (T 0.6m; H 0.5m). The S portion of the interior is raised (H 0.2m) and the N portion is cut (D 0.5m) into the upslope to compensate for the hillslope. The interior covered in rushes. Another hut site (KE084-022004-) is 3m 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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