Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Caherlehillan, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Caherlehillan
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.98938, -10.07773
- SMR number
- KE070-034----
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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
Described by O'Sullivan and Sheehan (1996, 393, no. 1161) as 'Located on the crest of the ridge that extends W from Mullaghnarakill mountain. A well-preserved circular dry-stone hut of corbelled construction that features an external offset of coursed blocks, now largely concealed beneath
collapse. Small slabs were used to line the inner wall-face; at SE a modified lintelled entrance, 0.7m wide, composed of large coursed blocks occurs. A gap, adjacent at E, constitutes the present entrance. 1): 3.9m. H: 1.2m. T: 1.8m.'
Compiled by: Paul Walsh
Date of upload: 3 May 2017
References
O'Sullivan, A. and Sheehan, J. 1996 The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry. Cork University press.
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.