Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
An Riasc, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- An Riasc
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.16717, -10.38772
- SMR number
- KE042-060013-
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 2 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
National Monument No. 519. Calluragh burial ground/An Cheallnúach: KE042-060001- is located about 1.25km E of the village of Ballyferriter on approximately the highest point in the townland with a good view to the N over Smerwick Harbour.
(5) Clochauns: Structure E (KE042-060013-) is a small rectangular dry-walled structure built against the inner face of the enclosure wall. It measures 5.5 x 2.8m internally. Its walls are, on average, 1.4m thick and survive to a maximum height of .65m. An entrance feature in the N wall, 1m wide, is blocked by a single erect slab. Excavation of the interior yielded little in the way of finds and, whatever its original use, it was probably utilized in modern times as an animal shelter.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 874. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 9 August 2013
Nearby in the register
- Clochanunder 1 mi
- Clochanunder 1 mi
- Clochanunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.