Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Coomshanna, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coomshanna
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.01179, -10.06824
- SMR number
- KE070-081002-
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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 bog, in a coniferous wood on the N-facing slopes of Been Hill. The central one of three hut sites (see KE070-081001-, KE070-081003-) which are situated on a N-S axis. The remains of a circular hut site (diam. 2.3m), defined by a moss-covered, collapsed stone wall (T 0.75m; H 0.4m), which protrude above the surface of the bog. The level interior is obscured by wood debris. Trees are growing within and around the hut site. The two other hut sites (KE070-081001-, KE070-081003-) are c. 2m to the N and c. 1m to the S, respectively.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 30 May 2011
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.