What is recorded here
In rough hill pasture, on a terrace on a NW-facing slope, overlooking Kenmare Bay. The remains of a rectangular hut site (4.2m NW-SE; 2m NE-SW) defined by a partially collapsed, grass-covered wall (T 0.75m; H 0.8m) of stone and clay mortar at NW, NE and SE. The SW wall (T 1.2m; H 0.8m) is shared with another hut site (KE109-001027-) which adjoins it at 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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