Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Killurly Commons, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killurly Commons
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.99496, -10.19541
- SMR number
- KE069-003001-
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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 a bowl-shaped recess on the NW slopes of Knocknadobar above Coonanna Harbour. Three huts on an island in a stream, and a fourth on the mountain slope a little above the main group.
(2) KE069-003001-; A subrectangular hut, partly rebuilt. D: 2.3m x 1.5m. Adjoining at W, the foundations of a possible conjoined hut (KE069-003004-), poorly preserved and overgrown. Incorporating one large upright at W. D: 2.4m x 1.5m.
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. 1333. 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
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.