Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Gortderrig, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gortderrig
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.02786, -9.27518
- SMR number
- KE068-171----
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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
'This circular hut is 2m in diameter internally, the walls surviving to a maximum height of 0.5m high on its northern side, and averaging 0.4m wide. A possible entrance occurs at south.'
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
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.