Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Killelan East, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killelan East
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.95680, -10.29927
- SMR number
- KE079-007002-
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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
In rough, upland pasture on the E slopes of Killelan, in the vicinity of numerous old field fences. Three sheepfolds overlie the foundations of a pair of circular conjoined huts of corbelled drystone construction. The larger hut KE079-007----, at W, measures 3.1m x 2.6m internally and its wall stands to a maximum height of 1.27m. A .5m wide entrance is located at SE, and a 3m long passage communicates with the smaller hut to E. Only the lower courses of the E hut (KE079-007002-) survive. It measures 2.1m in diameter internally.
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. 1308. 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
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.