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
- 51.99035, -10.18062
- SMR number
- KE070-012----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
Close to the summit of Knocknadobar and commanding a spectacular view of the surrounding landscape from SE to N. The ruined foundations of a triangular structure whose walls corbel slightly and average 4.3m long and 1.5m wide. Collapse obscures the interior.
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. 1335. 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.