What is recorded here
In rough hill pasture, on a break on a N-facing slope, overlooking Kenmare Bay. The remains of an oval hut site (4.6m NE-SW; 3m NW-SE) defined by a partially grass-covered, drystone wall (T 0.7m; H 0.3m) which protrudes above the surface of bog. There is loose rubble on the downslope to the N. Another hut site (KE109-001025-) is c. 25m to the NE. There is a relict field boundary (KE109-001026-) 15m to the SW.
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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