Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Glandine, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Glandine
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.21486, -9.89670
- SMR number
- KE037-037001-
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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 KE037-037---- commands an extensive view from the E slopes of the valley of the Finglas river. A circular hut abuts the outer face of the bank and a now inaccessible souterrain occurs in the interior.
A circular hut KE037-037001-, 3m in diameter internally, abuts the outer face of the bank at W. It is defined by a 1.1m wide bank of earth with some stone which reaches a maximum height of 1.7m on the side it shares with the main enclosing bank; on the opposite side it is .5m high. The 2.5m wide entrance gap faces W.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 431. 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 - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Stone rowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.