Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Foilatrisnig, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Foilatrisnig
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.21027, -9.94594
- SMR number
- KE036-059001-
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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
Univallate rath KE036-059---- is situated on a level terrace on a generally steep E facing slope overlooking Gleann na nGealt.
The interior of the enclosure is divided into 2 unequal portions by a field fence. The hut site KE036-059001- and souterrain KE036-059002- lie in the larger S portion.
The inner wall face of the hut site, and a very short stretch of its outer face, survive to a maximum height of .4m, though generally only a single course is visible. The wall was 2.5m thick and the hut is 4.4m in diameter internally. The entrance faces ENE and was at least .8m wide. A line of 3 stones set on edge between the hut and the main entrance to the rath may formerly have defined a pathway.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 426. 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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.