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
- 51.95822, -10.28644
- SMR number
- KE079-112----
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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 a rocky field on the lower E slopes of Killelan. A subrectangular drystone corbelled hut KE079-112---- with an entrance at E. D: 2.6m x 1.4m. H: 1.5m. T: 1.3m. Nearby to SW, the sod-covered outline of a circular hut (KE079-112001-) with a possible entrance at NW. D: 3.8m.
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. 1309. 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
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.