Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Murorgán, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Murorgán
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.28238, -10.16152
- SMR number
- KE026-003003-
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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
Turrasyline/Turas Fhlainn: (KE026-003----) Classification of this site is difficult due to the very ruined and disturbed nature of the remains. The turas from which the site derives its name was performed here within living memory and included a visit to Tobar Fhlainn (KE026-002----), at the base of the sea-cliffs c. 500m to N. This suggests an ecclesiastical origin for the site and a local tradition of a church here further supports this interpretation.
About 7.5m to NNE of the clochan group of features are the remains of a possible hut KE026-003003-. It appears to have been of corbelled drystone construction, but only a 1.45m long arc of the inner face survives, the upper course flush with the external ground level to N.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 872. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 8 August 2013
Nearby in the register
- Clochanunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical siteunder 1 mi
- Clochanunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.