Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Tulaigh Fhialáin, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tulaigh Fhialáin
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.93800, -9.98213
- SMR number
- KE081-020----
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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
Within forestry, on the S slopes of Collybeg, a short distance N of the Inny river. Two circular, drystone huts adjacent to one another. The larger corbelled hut, at N (KE081-020----), features an entrance passage at E and two lintelled niches in the inner wall-face. Trees are growing within its interior. D: 4m. H: 2m. T: 1.55m.
Abutting its S side is the second corbelled hut (KE081-020001-) with a possible entrance at E. Two upright slabs flank its inner wall-face. Interior is filled with moss-grown stone collapse. D: 2.7m. H: .8m. T: 1.2m. Old field walls occur in the immediate vicinity.
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. 1421. 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
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.