Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
An Tseanchoill, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- An Tseanchoill
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.21867, -10.30996
- SMR number
- KE034-058----
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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
On a NW facing slope overlooking the flat plain drained by the Feohanagh river. Two conjoined oval structures with a connecting passage, and with an entrance from the exterior in the NE side of the NW structure (KE034-058----). Latter entrance opens into a rectangular courtyard. D: 5.45 x 4.6m and 4.3 x 5m. H: 1.1m.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 1412. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 5 August 2013
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.