What is recorded here
Close to the summit of Knocknadobar and commanding a spectacular view of the surrounding landscape from SE to N. The ruined foundations of a triangular structure whose walls corbel slightly and average 4.3m long and 1.5m wide. Collapse obscures the interior.
The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 1335. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 1 August 2013
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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