Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Derrygorman, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Derrygorman
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.16524, -10.04694
- SMR number
- KE045-047001-
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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
Roughly circular univallate rath KE045-047001- is situated at the SE edge of a tract of level land which lies between the Owenascaul river and one of its tributaries. T
A ring of parched grass encloses a circular area in the centre of the enclosure. This ring is also marked in places by scatters of loose stone, now grass-grown, and it may mark the location of a circular hut KE045-047001-; the feature is c. 10.5m in overall diameter.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 383. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 6 August 2013
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.