Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Rinn Chonaill, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rinn Chonaill
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.19082, -10.30491
- SMR number
- KE043-004----
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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
On E slopes of Reenconnell. An irregularly-shaped enclosure defined by field walls and measuring 33m x 38m. Four structures, 3 possibly hut sites and 1 possibly a sheep-pen, lie within the enclosure, 2 of the huts occupying its NW and NE corners.
(1) (KE043-004----) In NW corner of enclosure. Poorly-preserved remains of a circular drystone structure. D: 5.83 to 5.04m. H: 1m. A partly lintelled and drystone-lined hollow in the thickness of the wall at E may be a wall-passage or chamber.
(2) (KE043-004001-) In NW corner of enclosure. A subcircular foundation. D: c. 3.72m. H: .8m.
(3) (KE043-004002-) Directly inside E wall of enclosure. A circular area, c. 3.87m in diameter, enclosed by a bank of stone collapse .2 to .3m high.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 1411. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 5 August 2013
Nearby in the register
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.