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Hut site

Killelan West, County Kerry, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Hut site, Killelan West, 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
Killelan West
County
Kerry
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Sheepfold
Coordinates
51.95321, -10.29752
SMR number
KE079-008----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 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)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

A circular and a rectangular hut on the SE slopes of Killelan mountain, overlooking Doulus Bay and Lough Kay.

(1) KE079-008---- The well-preserved circular hut features a splayed, lintelled entrance at SE, .5m wide at base. Almost opposite, on the internal wall-face, is a small wall-niche. D: 3.4m. H: 2.3m. T: .8m.

(2) KE079-008001- The foundations of the rectangular hut are located 7m to E. Two collapsed, corbelled sheepfolds occupy its interior. D: 5.5m x 1.6m.

A number of old field fences occur in the vicinity; one contains a corbelled recess on its E side.

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. 1316. 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

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

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