What is recorded here
In rough hill pasture, in a hollow near the N edge of a col, on a ridge to the E of Derrynacaheragh Hill and within a network of a pre-bog field boundaries (KE102-063001-). The remains of a circular hut site (6.4m N-S; 6m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 0.7m; H 0.45m). Stones protrude from the top of the bank. There is another hut site (KE102-063004-) c. 5m to the NW and an enclosure (KE102-063006-) c. 7m to the S.
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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