Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Cool East, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cool East
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.91127, -10.35940
- SMR number
- KE078-009007-
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 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located a short distance N of hut site KE078-009002- is a poorly preserved circular hut, measuring 4.6m E-W internally. The inner facing is partly visible and internally the wall measures .25m in maximum height. It is formed of horizontally coursed stone and is about 1.2m thick. No entrance is apparent within the extant portion.
The above description is derived from O'Sullivan, A. and Sheehan, J. (compilers) 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University press. (1996), no. 940. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 11 June 2013
Nearby in the register
- Shrineunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ogham stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.