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Hut site

Dooneen (Iveragh By.), County Kerry, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Hut site, Dooneen, County Kerry, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Dooneen (Iveragh By.)
County
Kerry
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
51.98713, -10.17523
SMR number
KE070-013----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1841 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

A group of four drystone huts, arranged in a square, on the steep S side of Knocknadobar, in open mountain terrain.

(1) KE070-013----; This circular hut is now reduced to a mound of stone collapse. D: 7.5m. H: .8m.

(2) KE070-013001-; Immediately S of (KE070-013----) the ruined remains of a rectangular structure with a .9m wide entrance at E flanked by uprights. D: 2.4m x 1.7m. H: .6m.

(3) KE070-013002-; 5m E of (KE070-013----) a well-preserved corbelled hut of roughly square plan with an external offset, .2m high. A sheepfold abuts the 1m wide entrance at NW. D: 3.8m x 3.1m. H: 1.6m. T: .8m.

(4) KE070-013003-; Immediately S of (KE070-013002-) the ruined foundations of a rectangular structure. D: 3.8m x 2.6m. H: .5m. T: .6m.

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. 1259. 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.

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