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
- 51.92976, -9.98241
- SMR number
- KE081-035----
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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
At the head of the Inny river valley, close to its S bank. A drystone hut situated on a low knoll in an otherwise peat-covered expanse. Field clearance piled against the hut of subcircular plan. D: 3.5m x 3.2m. H: .7m. T: 1m. The site is known locally as 'an liosachán' (information: B.Ó Cíobháin).
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. 1356. 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
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.