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
- 51.99509, -10.19541
- SMR number
- KE069-003003-
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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.
(4) KE069-003003-; On a mountain slope above the main group, a hut, of roughly square plan with an entrance, .45m wide, at E. The walls are of more regular construction than the lower huts and incorporate three well-built, corbelled chambers, two of which retain their roofing lintels. D: 2.8m. H: 1.05m. T: .7m (Henry 1957, 66-7).
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.