Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Baile Na Bhfionnúrach, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Baile Na Bhfionnúrach
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.22624, -10.29808
- SMR number
- KE034-041006-
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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
Cathair Fionnúrach (KE034-041----) is one of a series of cashels and isolated clochauns which occupy the lowermost, W slopes of Brandon mountain. It overlooks the level plain drained by the Feohanagh river but the outlook from the site extends W as far as the Blasket islands.
A pair of conjoined huts (KE034-041001- & KE034-041006-) are preserved in the interior to a maximum height of 1m. The smaller hut (KE034-041006-) is 4.5m in internal diameter. It can be entered from the 1st hut but also has an independent entrance at S.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 547. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 7 August 2013
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Clochanunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.