What is recorded here
In rough hill pasture and cutaway bog, on a SE-facing slope, overlooking the valley of the Dromoghty River and within a relict field system (KE101-089002-). The remains of a D-shaped hut site (3m NE-SW) defined by a collapsed drystone wall (T 0.7m; H 0.4m) which protrudes above the surface of the bog and by a straight SW side (4.6m NW-SE), formed by a relict wall of the field system. There is an entrance (Wth 0.6m) at SE.
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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