Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Baile Ristín, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Baile Ristín
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.15411, -10.20621
- SMR number
- KE043-204001-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Lios Clochán na Lobhar: KE043-204---- has been described as a circular fort 'about 1 chain (20m) in diameter and 5 feet (1.5m) high composed of earth and stone' (OSNB Garfinny, 33). The extant remains consist of a densely overgrown stony mound, measuring c. 20m NW-SE and c. 11m NE-SW, in which the outline of one or possibly 2 hut-sites can be traced.
At the NW end of the mound, a roughly circular area (KE043-204001-), 7.4m x 6.6m, is enclosed by defaced and partly collapsed walling up to 2m high externally and 1m internally. An entrance gap at SE leads to a 2nd possible hut (KE043-204002-).
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 635. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 7 August 2013
Nearby in the register
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Standing stone - pairunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.