Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Derrycarna, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Derrycarna
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.99238, -9.65938
- SMR number
- KE073-006006-
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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
One of a cluster of six huts. A D-shaped hut of rough construction, abutting an old field wall at W. An entrance gap at NE, .75m wide. D: 2.9m x 2.4m. H: 15m. T: 1m. The field wall, partly submerged beneath the boggy surface, measures c. 150m long and averages .6m wide and .6m high.
The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 1250. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 31 July 2013
Nearby in the register
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.