Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Cloghernoosh, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cloghernoosh
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.98467, -9.69079
- SMR number
- KE073-007002-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
A pair of conjoined circular structures KE073-007----, on a natural ledge S of Lough Callee in the steep-sided valley that is formed by Brassel and Feabrahy mountains.
There is no communicating passage evident, but the smaller structure KE073-007002- at N has an independent entrance, 1.5m wide, at E. Sections of outcrop have been incorporated in the drystone foundations. D: 7.8m and 5m. H: .6m. T: 1.5m.
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. 1192. 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
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
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- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.