Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Tobar Na Múdán, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tobar Na Múdán
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.13006, -10.20862
- SMR number
- KE053-049001-
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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
Circular univallate rath KE053-049---- contains the remains of 2 hut sites, lies on a N facing slope overlooking Trabeg.
(1) (KE053-049001-) This hut abuts the bank at N and only the N half of its outline is now discernible. It was at least 4.2m in diameter internally and its wall stands to a maximum height of .85m.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 531. 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 stoneunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.