Ferriter's Cove

Ferriter's Cove (Irish: Cuan an Chaoil)[1] is a small bay located at the westernmost point of Dingle Peninsula, in County Kerry, Ireland.

The parish of Dunurlin is also recorded as being in the Ferriter's possession, and the name also exists in the nearby village of Baile 'n Fheirtéaraigh (Ballyferriter).

Furthest south the igneous Silurian (443.8–419.2 mya) rocks of the Foilnamahagh Formation are dominant, with lavas and pyroclastic remnants.

These included a grindstone, marked sandstone pebbles, shell dumps, various hearths and five mudstone axes that had been deposited together.

The remains of cattle and sheep, the latter not native to Ireland, were investigated; carbon dating showed that they were alive c. 4350 BC.

Volcanic Silurian rocks at Ferriter's Cove.