Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Tonavane, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tonavane
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.23017, -9.74230
- SMR number
- KE038-135----
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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
'At a distance of 27m south of the above hut site (KE038-125----) are two more similar sites with similar views and aspect. Again, in both cases modern sheepfolds have been constructed partly on the earlier foundations. The two hut sites are 10m apart with the more easterly example (KE038-134----) being the smaller at a diameter of 3m, while the larger example (KE038-135----) has a diameter of 3.8m. In both cases only the foundations of the earlier huts are visible, partly covered by peat. The foundations indicate a wall width of 0.6m for the smaller example and 0.66m for the larger hut. A possible entrance to the larger hut faces down slope to the west and is 0.58m in width.'
Description from ‘The Prehistoric Settlement of the Lee Valley, Tralee, Co. Kerry; A Landscape Perspective’ by Michael Connolly. PhD Thesis UCC 2008
Date of upload: 11 July 2012
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.