Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Killoe, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killoe
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.92498, -10.19606
- SMR number
- KE079-127----
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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
On lower SE slopes of Bentee. A rectangular drystone hut, built against the S side of a large outcrop. The inner wall-face is flanked by a series of upright slabs, and a possible entrance is located at E. D: 4m x 2.9m. H: .7m. T: .8m. A chamber, inserted in the NE corner of the hut, constructed of one corbelled wall and a roof of sloping slabs, may be an animal shelter.
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. 1321. 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
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.