Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Cahersiveen, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cahersiveen
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Cloghauns
- Coordinates
- 51.94502, -10.21428
- SMR number
- KE079-047----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Cloghauns/Clochán: Within an old field system, high on the steep N slopes of Bentee, overlooking the town of Cahersiveen and the Valencia river estuary. On a natural terrace, a circular hut of corbelled drystone construction with an entrance, .6m wide, at E. A collapsed secondary wall divides its interior. Remnants of a drystone wall extend for a short distance from the exterior at NE. D: 3.9m x 3.8m. H: .8m. T: 1.5m.
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. 1176. 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
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.