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House - early medieval

Coarha More, County Kerry, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of House - early medieval, Coarha More, County Kerry, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Coarha More
County
Kerry
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
51.91268, -10.38877
SMR number
KE078-025----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

2 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1841 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

On a low rise with a thin covering of peat, immediately SW of Coosatorinth, Valencia Island. The ruins of at least three huts occur within an old field system which occupies an area with a radius of about 100m. Mitchell postulates an Early Medieval date for the cluster (1989, 69).

(1) KE078-025----; At the N end of the complex, a two-roomed rectangular hut built up against the W side of a large rock outcrop. D: 5m x 4m. About 20m S is a roughly oval-shaped cluster of slabs, 9m x 5.5m; nearby is a 15m stretch of wall that runs beneath the bog at its S end.

(2) KE078-025001-; At the SE end of the complex, the ruined remains of a circular hut foundation defined by upright slabs. D: 3.1m. Located immediately NE is a low sod-covered mound with erect slabs at its centre.

(3) KE078-025002-; At W, a two-roomed rectangular hut with a basal row of uprights. D: 5.7m x 3.7m.

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. 1200. 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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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