Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
House - 18th/19th century
Gortderrig, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gortderrig
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Sheepfold
- Coordinates
- 52.03571, -9.26691
- SMR number
- KE068-039----
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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 pasture, on the N-facing slopes of The Paps of Dana. A rectangular house (7.7m N-S; 2.8m E-W) defined by a collapsed drystone wall (T 0.5m; H 1.4m). A gable (H c. 4m) survives at the N end. The entrance (Wth 1.4m) is in the E wall, to the N of the centre. There is a possible enclosure (KE068-036----) c. 50m to the NW.
Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork.
Date of upload: 31 January 2011
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.