Building

The National Monuments Service's description

National Monument No. 1227. A drystone structure of rectangular plan formerly stood against the inner face of the caher rampart at N. It was dismantled by the OPW in the early 1980s. It measured 2.8m N-S x 2.4m E-W in internal dimensions, and its walls averaged .55m thick. Its E wall was apparently gabled and stood 1.9m high. Although it was interpreted by Lecky as a possible oratory (1914, 49), it was not depicted in Dunraven's plan of the site (1875, 22) and was deemed by Henry (1957, 63) to be of modern date.

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. 603. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.

Date of upload: 29 July 2013

References

Dunraven, E. the Earl of 1875 Notes on Irish Architecture, 2 vols. London. George Bell and Sons.

Henry, F. 1957 Early Monasteries, Beehive Huts, and Dry-Stone Houses in the Neighbourhood of Caherciveen and Waterville (Co. Kerry). Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 58C, 45-166.

Lecky, J. 1914-16 Notes on some Kerry antiquities - Cahergal and other forts. Kerry Archaeological Magazine 3, 49-54.