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Hut site

Coulagh, County Kerry, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Hut site, Coulagh, 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
Coulagh
County
Kerry
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
NULL
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
51.98383, -10.07446
SMR number
KE070-122----

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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

Within a field system (KE070-119----). The remains of a circular hut site (2.7m x 2.6m) defined by a drystone wall (T 0.7m; H 1.4m) comprising flat rubble slabs, laid horizontally. The hut site is built against outcropping rock at W. The E portion of the hut site has been damaged by a drain. The present access is through a breach along the E arc. An upright stone adjacent to the breach may have served as a jambstone and may form part of the original entrance. Apart from the N portion of the interior, the internal ground level is lower than the external ground level. There is an annexe (L 2m; Wth 1.2m) of drystone construction to the NW of the hut site. Access to the annexe from the hut site is via a flat-lintelled doorway (Wth 0.57m; H 0.67m) in the NW wall of the hut site. External access to the annexe is through a now blocked-up entrance at its NW side. (Harte 2002, 62-3, 147-8, no. D502)

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.

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