Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Baile An Lochaigh, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Baile An Lochaigh
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.22628, -10.25365
- SMR number
- KE034-161----
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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
'This is the remains of a collapsed circular drystone hut, formed of large limestone flags, now collapsed inwards, suggesting that it was originally corbelled. It is located approximately 20m to the west of KE034-160---- on the eastern side of a steep north-south running gully. It measures 5m in maximum diameter, the 1m thick walls being 1m in maximum height. A possible 0.8m wide entrance opens to the east.'
The above description was published in F. Coyne, 'Islands in the clouds: an upland archaeological study on Mount Brandon and the Paps, Co. Kerry.' (Kerry Co. Council in association with Aegis Archaeology, 2006).
Date of upload: 15 December 2011
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.