Add your own picture and explain the route, parking, gates, paths or landmarks that help people find it.
Earn 5 points after the picture is checked and accepted.
Add your photo and local directionsShare what you foundWhat is recorded here
Located above Boat Cove on the NE side of Puffin Island, commanding extensive views from NW to S. A well-built circular hut of corbelled drystone construction with a .93m wide entrance at N. There is a wall-niche in the interior at S, and a secondary curving wall bisects the interior of the hut. D: 3.8m x 3.3m. H: 1.4m. T: 1.2m.The hut is located in the SW sector of what may be a contemporary drystone enclosure, c. 36m x 30m.
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. 1361. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 1 August 2013
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.