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House - vernacular house

Glanmane, County Kerry, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of House - vernacular house, Glanmane, County Kerry, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Glanmane
County
Kerry
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.21295, -9.96053
SMR number
KE036-114----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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)
  • 1790 · Composite: 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

Sited on a level terrace near the top of a steep E facing slope with views over Tralee Bay. The land use consists of rough, upland grazing for sheep. This is a large two phase monument consisting of a E-W rectangular house (int. dims. 7.8m x 2.8m; wall T 0.8m; max H 0.9m) built over the older remains of a large hut site. The sub-circular hut site (ext. dims. 3.2m N-S x 3.2m E-W) with possible entrance (Wth 0.7m) at S. The larger possible house site has been partially built over the W wall of the hut site and dug into the slope at its W end. Orientated east-west it measures (int.) 7.8m L and 2.8m W. The house has a small internal division c. 2m from the W end. There is no obvious entrance.

See attached images courtesy of Tony Miller

Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien based on details provided by Tony Miller

Date of upload: 25 January 2022

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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