What part of speech is recounted?

Answer 1

"Recounted" can be the active past tense of the verb "recount", or it can be the past participle of the same verb. The past participle often functions as an adjective and is not an "active" verb, in the sense that it can not be the only verb in a proper sentence.

Answer 2

verb [ past tense ] and, as a past participle, it can do the job of an adjective.