Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Baile Na Bhfionnúrach, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Baile Na Bhfionnúrach
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.22380, -10.28271
- SMR number
- KE034-164----
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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
'This is a denuded circular drystone hut, measuring 1.4m east-west by 1.4m north south internally, the interior of the hut infilled with collapse. The walls are a maximum of 0.5m high and 0.5m thick. A 0.7m wide entrance occurs to the west.'
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
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.