Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Shrone More, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Shrone More
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.02918, -9.25355
- SMR number
- KE068-169002-
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1865 · Ireland, (South) Sheet. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Ireland 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
'Located 10m to the north of chamber 1 (KE068-169001-), this denuded circular stone structure 2.5m in maximum diameter, with only the lowest courses of stone surviving, attaining a maximum height of 0.45m and 0.75m wide. A north-facing entrance is 1m wide, although portion of this entrance appears to have been robbed out. The interior is 1m wide, which contains some collapse, but is otherwise featureless.'
The above description was published in F. Coyne, 'Islands in the clouds: an upland archaeological study on Mount Brandon and the Paps, Co. Kerry.' (Kerry Co. Council in association with Aegis Archaeology, 2006).
Date of upload: 15 December 2011
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.