Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Baile Na Bhfionnúrach, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Baile Na Bhfionnúrach
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.22359, -10.28367
- SMR number
- KE034-075001-
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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
Within an old field system, on a ridge extending SW from Brandon mountain. A complete corbelled drystone hut, opening at W into a small enclosure measuring 3 x 2m. Lintelled entrance is .51m wide x .7m high x 1.1m long. Small recess at SE and above it a probable window opening. D: 2.5m. H: 1.8m.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 1150. 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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.