Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Léim Fhir Léith, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Léim Fhir Léith
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.18400, -10.31525
- SMR number
- KE043-011----
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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 SE slopes of Reenconnell. 3 structures incorporated into an old WNW-ESE field wall.
(1) (KE043-011----) W structure consists of a circular area, 3.6 to 3.95m in diameter, enclosed by a bank of stones up to .85m high.
(2) (KE043-011001-) Lying 8m ESE of the latter feature is a level, semi-circular area, open to SW, defined by stones standing on edge. Function uncertain. D: 2.9 x 4.8m.
(3) (KE043-011002-) The easternmost structure consists of a subcircular area, 3.13m in diameter, enclosed by a stony bank .56m high. All 3 structures may have been hut sites.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 1398. 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
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.