Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
An Gabhlán Ard, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- An Gabhlán Ard
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.15169, -10.14618
- SMR number
- KE044-085002-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
Though marked on the OS maps as a graveyard, and referred to in the OSNB (Kinard, 30) as a calluragh, the remains here seem to be those of a cashel (KE044-085001-) with hut-sites (KE044-085002-, KE044-085004-, KE044-085005- & KE044-085006-).
Immediately S of the entrance are the remains of a rectangular structure, 3m long E-W x 1.9m wide. Directly W of this a single course of stone masonry outlines a roughly circular area, 1.8m in diameter. A roughly oval depression, defined by stones, lies SW of the latter, and measures 3.7m long SE-NW x 1.8m wide. These appear to be hut-sites, and there are traces of a 4th possible hut in the S sector.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 576. 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
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.