Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Foilatrisnig, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Foilatrisnig
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.21833, -9.95246
- SMR number
- KE036-034003-
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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
Caherbaun/An Chathair Bhán: Roughly circular cashel KE036-034---- is situated on a N facing slope near the foot of the mountain ridge overlooking Tralee Bay.
The Co. Kerry Field Club (1945, 646-7; 1946, 657; 1953) recorded a number of huts or chambers contained within the thickness of the enclosing wall. One (KE036-034003-) which had been destroyed when the W wall was removed was described to them as circular, corbelled and about 5 feet (c. 1.5m) in diameter.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 565. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 7 August 2013
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.