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In undulating rough hill pasture, on the NE-facing slope of Knockowen Mountain. The remains of an oval hut site (2.8m E-W; 2m N-S) defined by the lower courses of a collapsed drystone wall (T c. 0.6m; H 0.75m) which is covered with moss and grass. Rubble from the collapsed upper courses is scattered along the perimeter. There is an entrance (Wth 0.6m) at E. This hut site abuts the N wall of another hut site (KE109-055003-) to the S. There is a hut site (KE109-055004-) immediately to the SE and another hut site (KE109-055001-) is situated 12m to the N.
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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