Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
An Droim Thoir, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- An Droim Thoir
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.23471, -10.14859
- SMR number
- KE035-040001-
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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
KE035-040---- is one of a pair of earthen-banked raths situated within 200m of each other on the SE facing slopes of Drom Hill (334 feet/102m), overlooking the estuary of the Glennahoo and Scorid rivers.
A circular stone hut (KE035-040001-), 4.6m in internal diameter, is built against the inner stone face of the bank at WSW. Only the NW half of its wall is traceable. It stands to a maximum height of 1.4m and is slightly corbelled. The remainder of the interior of the fort is strewn with loose stone but no structures are discernible. In the SW quadrant a length of drystone masonry, extending 4m from the bank towards the centre, retains a terrace on its N side; the function of this feature is unclear.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 399. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 6 August 2013
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Cross-inscribed stoneunder 1 mi
- Standing stone - pairunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.