What is recorded here
In rough hill pasture, on the S-facing slope of Mangerton Mountain. The remains of a rectangular hut site (4m N-S; 2m E-W) defined by a collapsed drystone wall (T 0.8m; H 0.8m) which protrudes above the surface of the bog. The wall is best preserved along the N side. The wall decreases in height (H 0.4m) along the W and S sides. Loose stones are scattered along the E side. There is an entrance at E.
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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