What is recorded here
In rough hill pasture, on a small spur, on the S-facing slope of Mangerton Mountain. The remains of a circular hut site (2.7m E-W; 2.4m N-S) defined by a collapsed drystone wall (T 0.6m; H 0.4m). A boulder forms part of the wall along the S arc. There is an entrance (Wth 0.8m) at SE. Another hut site (KE085-032001-) is c. 36m to the NW.
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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