Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Killelan West, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killelan West
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Sheepfold
- Coordinates
- 51.95323, -10.29736
- SMR number
- KE079-008001-
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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
A circular and a rectangular hut on the SE slopes of Killelan mountain, overlooking Doulus Bay and Lough Kay.
(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
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.