Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Kimego West, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kimego West
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.97230, -10.26419
- SMR number
- KE069-009----
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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
A pair of rectangular huts of drystone construction, set 2m apart, on S bank of a stream on SW side of Slievagh mountain. An old field system (KE069-009001-), possibly associated with the huts, lies to S.
N hut (KE069-009----) is better preserved. D: 3.7m x 2.6m (external). H: .4m. T: .45m.
The S hut (KE069-009002-) has only its S and W walls surviving; the W wall is built against a low artificial scarp and stands .55m high and 1.9m long. The S wall is 2.23m long.
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. 1340. 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
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.