Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Alohart, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Alohart
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.01291, -9.68122
- SMR number
- KE073-005----
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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 rough upland pasture, on the edge of a terrace on the N-facing slopes of the Macgillycuddy's Reeks. The remains of an oval hut site (5.2m E-W; 2.8m N-S) defined by the vertical face of outcropping rock (H 1.3m) SE-SW and by a collapsing drystone wall (T 0.6m; H 1.1m) SW-SE, which narrows as it rises. There is a collapsed entrance at the E. Another hut site (KE073-005001-) lies c. 8m to the S.
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.