What is recorded here
On the SE slopes of Com Amhais. Two circular conjoined huts of corbelled drystone construction.
Lintelled passage leading to the smaller hut KE043-037001- has partly collapsed. D: 3.45m. H: 1.35m. T: 1.45 to 1.6m. Smaller S hut has a blocked-up entrance from the exterior at E, and the interior can only be viewed through holes in the semi-collapsed roof. D: c. 1.6m. H: 1.2m. Traces of a 3rd possible structure abut SW side of other two.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 1348. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 5 August 2013
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- What survives
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