Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Cill Ura Thiar, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cill Ura Thiar
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.13253, -10.41331
- SMR number
- KE052-025001-
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 2 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
Lisculliheen/Lios Coilichín: Univallate rath KE052-025---- is located on the W side of the small valley which extends SE from Coumaleague Hill. It lies on the N side of an E flowing stream and a laneway skirts the W side of the site. The circular interior is enclosed by a single earthen bank and contains a souterrain and the foundations of a circular hut.
Hut KE052-025001-: Located in the W part of the interior, this hut is reduced to a mere foundation, 6.2m in diameter internally. The entrance is on the SE side.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 465. 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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.