Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Youngfield, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Youngfield
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 51.78371, -9.62174
- SMR number
- CO090-036----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
This monument was brought to the attention of ASI by the archaeologist Tony Miller on 25th June 2012. The following is his description of the monument:
"A small, circular hut site, situated on a spur, overlooking a steep south facing valley to the south of Baurearagh Mountain. It is an area of rough grazing with many scattered rocks and boulders. It contains a tributary of the Kerry River which later flows into the Glengarriff nature reserve. The hut site has internal measurements of c. 1.7m east-west and c. 1.8m north-south and the walls, made of field stones, survive to a height of c. 0.6m. There is a small entrance just c. 0.5m in width to the east, made of two radially set upright slabs. This site commands exceptional views of the valley below."
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - wedge tombunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.