Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Annagh More, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Annagh More
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.01058, -9.28773
- SMR number
- KE076-074----
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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
'This is a sub-rectangular stone built hut, measuring 1.2m in diameter internally. The walls are of drystone construction, averaging 0.5m thick and averaging 0.5m thick and averaging 1m in height. No internal features were noted. A possible entrance to the south has been partially blocked by collapse. This hut is surrounded by an outer enclosure, measuring 8m north-south by 8m east-west, now in a collapsed state, the roughly coursed walls being 1m wide and 0.6m high. Extensive collapse occurs around the site.'
The above description was published in F. Coyne, 'Islands in the clouds: an upland archaeological study on Mount Brandon and the Paps, Co. Kerry.' (Kerry Co. Council in association with Aegis Archaeology, 2006).
Date of upload: 15 December 2011
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.