Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Castlequin, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Castlequin
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.96105, -10.24700
- SMR number
- KE079-114----
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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
On the S side of a ridge at the entrance to a small valley that opens to W. The ruined remains of a substantial drystone hut of circular plan. A basal row of uprights flanks its inner wall-face at W. A 1.6m wide entrance is marked by two slabs at E. D: 5.1m. H: .9m. T: 2.5m.
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. 1187. 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 boundaryunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Standing stone - pairunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.