Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Heirhill, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Heirhill
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.41837, -9.82624
- SMR number
- KE014-009001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Circular univallate cahir KE014-009---- is situated on pastureland which is gently sloping E. The view from this site is excellent in all directions.
The interior, which is at much the same level as the surrounding land, has a hut site (KE014-009001-) contained within the enclosing bank on the N side. It is 3m N-S and 3.5m E-W.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 818. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 3 August 2013
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.