Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Dranagh, County Carlow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dranagh
- County
- Carlow
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.49395, -6.85661
- SMR number
- CW026-087----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
University Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
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
On a SW facing slope, a sub-rectangular structure (int. diam. c. 3m; ext. diam. c. 4m) defined by a ring of granite stones most of which are covered in peat and heather. There are three possible entrances, one on the N, E and W. Recorded by Ó Murchú (2011, 89) as part of a Master's thesis (Survey number: H08).
Compiled by: Claire Breen
Date of upload: 13 November 2013
References
Ó Murchú, S. 2013 Archaeology among the blackthorns. The Journal of Irish Archaeology 2012, Vol. XXI, 35-55, Wordwell, Dublin.
Ó Murchú, S. 2011 Life and Death on Dranagh Mountain; An Archaeological Investigation of an Upland Landscape in County Carlow. Unpublished MA thesis, School of Archaeology, University College Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.