Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Knocknagowan, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knocknagowan
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.01129, -9.19663
- SMR number
- KE076-003002-
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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, heather-clad pasture, broken by rock outcrops, on a W-facing slope. The remains of a circular hut (2.5m E-W; 2.3m N-S) defined by a collapsed drystone wall (T 0.65m; H 0.3m). The larger base stones protrude above the surface of the bog. The W portion of the interior is raised (H 0.4m) and the E portion is cut into the upslope to compensate for the hillslope. However, the interior still retains a slope down to the W. Loose stones are scattered on the downslope externally.
Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork.
Date of upload: 31 January 2011
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.