Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Letter West, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Letter West
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.01174, -10.03590
- SMR number
- KE071-104001-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Hut site identified and described by Aoibheann Lambe as; 'situated in boggy upland pasture used for sheep grazing. It is one of 4 intervisible huts sites, two at an elevation of 350m and another two, 34m downhill to NE. They are situated N of Coomnacronia Lake on the E face of Beenmore, with Drung Hill to N. At NE, there are views down the valley beyond the range of hills of which Curra Hill, at 275m is the highest, to Dingle Bay and at E, to Seefin Mountain. Another 9 hut sites are 500m to NE downhill from this complex. 300m N of Coomnacronia Lake, there are the poorly preserved remains of two drystone huts defined by a rough outline of boulders. This circular hut has an internal diameter of 3m with walls 0.5m thick and 0.3m high. There is no entrance evident. Immediately to NW, there is an oval hut site with internal dimensions of 5m NW-SE and 2m NE-SW'.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Aoibheann Lambe
Date of upload: 7 October 2022
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.