Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Gleensk, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gleensk
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.03153, -10.05977
- SMR number
- KE062-005002-
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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
In rough grazing land at the head of a spur that extends NW from Drung Hill. A hut site complex comprising:
(1) (KE062-005----) Ruined remains of a roughly square hut. Walls survive best on W side, drystone faced with a rubble core. D: 2.6m x 2.1m. H: 1m. T: .7m.
(2) (KE062-005001-) Below and to W are a pair of parallel drystone walls 7.5m long and 4.7m apart. The area defined was used for tillage.
(3) (KE062-005002-) Downslope to W a rectangular lintelled hut. Stone steps lead to the threshold of the lintelled, W facing entrance, .7m high and .5m wide. It measures 1m high internally. D: 2.1m x 1m. T: .7m. A rectangular terrace occurs in front of the structure.
The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 1280. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 1 August 2013
Nearby in the register
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.