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
- 51.92210, -10.19141
- SMR number
- KE079-132----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 a level area on the lower SE slopes of Bentee. The collapsed foundations of a roughly circular hut with a possible lintelled niche in the inner wall-face. Possible entrance at W, marked by an upright. D: 3.7m x 3.3m. Remnants of possible enclosing wall, 20m to N.
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. 1325. 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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.