Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Rinn Chonaill, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rinn Chonaill
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.18815, -10.31215
- SMR number
- KE043-007----
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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. A circular corbelled drystone hut with a lintelled entrance at NW, and a low lintelled opening at SW, .37m above the floor, which is probably secondary. A low lintelled recess in the wall at SE measures 2.32m deep, .85m wide and .83m high. D: 4.68m. H: 3.59m.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 1409. 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
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.