Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Meall Na Mbreac, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Meall Na Mbreac
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.92338, -9.96936
- SMR number
- KE081-027001-
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
Located at the W end of a low ridge in boggy pasture, at the head of the Inny valley on its S side. A circular drystone hut, one to two courses high, with an entrance at SE, .7m wide. D: 3.7m x 3.1m. T: .8m. Numerous old field fences 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. 1355. 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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.