What is recorded here
In rough hill pasture, on the SW-facing slope of Mangerton Mountain, overlooking the valley of the Owbaun River to the SW and within the SW corner of a network of relict field boundaries (KE084-044001-). A horseshoe-shaped mound (16m NE-SW; 11m NW-SE; max. H 1.5m) of burnt material with the opening (c. 3m NE-SW) facing SE towards an adjacent stream.
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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