Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Sheepfold
An Choill Mhór (bar. Corca Dhuibhne), County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- An Choill Mhór (bar. Corca Dhuibhne)
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.20884, -10.15722
- SMR number
- KE035-073013-
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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
(m) Possible sheep-shelter: This small horseshoe-shaped hut foundation, open to E, is incorporated into the W wall of a large disused field on the lowlying level ground on the W side of the river. It measures 1.8m x 1.7m internally and the roughly-constructed drystone walls stand to a maximum height of 1m and are c. 1m wide. This structure appears to be a sheep-shelter of relatively recent origin, but its incorporation into one of the field walls does not necessarily imply a late date for this latter.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 25. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 3 August 2013
Nearby in the register
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Cairn - clearance cairnunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.