Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Tuar An Chladáin, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tuar An Chladáin
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.96485, -10.01160
- SMR number
- KE081-001004-
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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
In S facing, open mountain terrain between Coomacarrea and Meenteog, on the N side of the Owroe river valley. A cluster of eight huts occur on a terraced ledge. The hut at N (KE081-001002-) is the best preserved.
The remainder of the huts (KE081-001003-, KE081-001004-, KE081-001005-, KE081-001006-, KE081-001007-, KE081-001008- & KE081-001009-) are in a poor state of preservation, surviving one to two courses high and ranging in diameter from 2m to 6m. They occupy an area 40m in extent, E-W, below the hut at 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. 1415. 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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
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- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.