Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Cinn Aird Thoir (tc Cinn Aird), County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cinn Aird Thoir (tc Cinn Aird)
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.12850, -10.19392
- SMR number
- KE053-052001-
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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
Well-preserved rath KE053-052---- is situated on a N facing slope below Carrigavinnaun, on the E side of the Trabeg inlet. The circular interior contains the remains of at least 1 hut and is enclosed by a single earthen bank and fosse.
The stone hut KE053-052001- in the interior is roughly rectangular in plan and measures c. 7.5m x 8.5m internally. The collapsed walls stand to a maximum height of .7m and are c. 2m wide. The 9m long stretch of ruined walling which lies 5.5m to E of the hut may be part of a 2nd structure. The remainder of the interior is occupied by cultivation ridges.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 483. 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
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.