Hut site in Cool East

Close to a peat-covered cliff-edge on Valencia Island, a field wall, running roughly N-S, divides a cluster of six houses and a possible Man-made underground passage; the houses on the W side appear to predate the two at E. The rectangular foundations of a nineteenth-century house occur on the N side of the group and appear to be associated with the present field system, which overlies an earlier one. (6) KE078-019006-; Conjoined with (5). D: 5.9m x 3.5m. H: .5m. T: 1.5m. The lintelled entrance, .5m wide x .3m high, to an inaccessible Man-made underground passage (KE078-019001-) is located NW of (KE078-019003-). 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. 1204. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 31 July 2013