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Hut site

Cahersiveen, County Kerry, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Hut site, Cahersiveen, 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
Cahersiveen
County
Kerry
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
51.94236, -10.22309
SMR number
KE079-041----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (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

Within an old field system on the NW slopes of Bentee mountain. The collapsed foundations of a rectangular hut, defined by a double row of orthostats and drystone masonry. At W five upright slabs, adjacent to one another, are set at right angles to the line of the wall. At E two large uprights, set .5m apart, define the entrance. D: 3m x 2.4m. T: 1.2m. An almost square arrangement of upright slabs abutting the external wall at NW may represent a second structure.
About 12m to S a natural cave, augmented with drystone masonry and a couple of roofing lintels, measures 3m deep, .9m high and 1.5m wide. It may have been used as an animal shelter, though Henry concluded that it functioned as a well (1957, 72).

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. 1175. 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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