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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
51.98766, -10.06709
SMR number
KE070-127----

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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 square hut site (4m x 4m) defined by drystone walls (T 0.65m; H 0.94m). The hut site comprises three sections. The main compartment (4m x 3m) consists of loosely packed rubble which is built on top of outcropping rock along the E wall. This masonry in this room is largely collapsed. The present entrance is through a gap in the E wall. The original entrance (Wth 1m) in the W side of the N wall is now blocked up. The W wall extends (L 0.7m) beyond the NW corner. This portion of wall, coupled with the jamb of a doorway (Wth 0.75m) in the W end of the N wall, indicates the location of a porch. A doorway (Wth 0.4m; H 0.94m) in the W wall of the main compartment leads to a chamber (2m x 1m) at W. The W portion of the hut site has undergone alterations in the past. (Harte 2002, 149, no. D603)

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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