Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Baile An Bhaoithín, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Baile An Bhaoithín
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.15865, -10.40730
- SMR number
- KE042-094006-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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
Calluragh burial ground/An Raingiléis: This early Christian settlement (KE042-094001-), now a National Monument, lies on a fairly steep SE facing slope of Croaghmarhin and commands a magnificent view in all directions.
Hut Site: (KE042-094006-) A low earth and stone mound, .25m high, encloses a roughly rectangular area measuring 4.9m N-S x 1.85m E-W.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 827. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 8 August 2013
Nearby in the register
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Wellunder 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.