Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Baile Na Bhfionnúrach, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Baile Na Bhfionnúrach
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.22479, -10.28318
- SMR number
- KE034-165----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1841 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
'This is a sub-rectangular hut, measuring 5m east-west by 2.6m north-south internally. The walls are a maximum of 0.9m high and 0.55m thick. A 0.8m wide entrance occurs 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.