Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Gearhameen (dunkerron North By.), County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gearhameen (dunkerron North By.)
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.98928, -9.64144
- SMR number
- KE073-026----
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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
Immediately S of the steep cliffs forming the head of the Gap of Dunloe, on SW sloping mountain terrain. The collapsed remains of a drystone circular hut, flanked by a basal row of slabs set on edge. An entrance at SE measures .85m wide. D: 3.2m. H: .6m. T: 1.2m.
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. 1277. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 1 August 2013
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.