Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Dún Na Manach, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dún Na Manach
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.12461, -10.15978
- SMR number
- KE054-024----
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
About 50m SW of KE054-025----. A circular drystone hut modified and rebuilt for use as a sheep-fold. A small opening, .5m high x .4m wide, in the wall at W gives access to a mural chamber measuring 2 x 1m x .6m high and roofed by 4 slabs. D: c. 4m. H: 1.25m.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 1237. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 5 August 2013
Nearby in the register
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - wedge tombunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.