What makes it quietly arresting is the combination of its modest proportions, roughly 3.5 metres in diameter, and the small sheep-pen that was built directly against its south-western side. The two together sketch the outline of a working life: someone sheltered here, and their animals were kept close.

Drystone construction, which uses carefully stacked stone without mortar, was the default building method across much of western Ireland for centuries, suited to a landscape where stone was everywhere and lime was scarce. Structures like this one dot the upland areas of the Corca Dhuibhne peninsula, and their precise age can be difficult to pin down without excavation. The site was documented by J. Cuppage in the 1986 Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey, a systematic effort to record the extraordinary density of field monuments on this part of Kerry. The walls, around a metre thick, suggest they were built to last against Atlantic weather, even if the roof, almost certainly of perishable organic material, has long since gone.