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Hut site

Duagh (Corkaguiny By.), County Kerry, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Hut site, Duagh, 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
Duagh (Corkaguiny By.)
County
Kerry
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.21628, -9.96715
SMR number
KE036-118----

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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

Situated in rough grazing land, on natural terrace on N-facing slope overlooking Tralee Bay, hut site (KE036-117----) 18m to SE. Partially obscured by bracken and briars but otherwise intact. An oval shaped area (ext. dims. 6.6m N-S x 7.7m E-W), orientated east-west, enclosed by a stone wall with an earth matrix (Wth c. 0.6m; H c. 0.8m). Within the interior and against the W end is a small, circular hut site (diam. c. 2.4m) with an entrance (Wth 0.6m) to SE.

See attached images courtesy of Tony Miller

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

Date of upload: 23 February 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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