County: Kerry Site name: Ballymarbery West, Church Island, Valentia
Sites and Monuments Record No.: KE079–032 Licence number: E002896
Author: Alan Hayden, Archaeological Projects Ltd, 27 Coulson Avenue, Rathgar, Dublin 6.
Site type: Early medieval monastery
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 443033m, N 578611m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 51.937444, -10.282912
A small trench was excavated against the outside of the north wall of the oratory to uncover skeletal material for dating in June 2006. One of the skeletons shown in O’Kelly’s plan was revealed and bones were taken for 14C dating. This site is a national monument and funding was provided by the OPW.
