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
- 51.96612, -10.01167
- SMR number
- KE081-037----
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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 natural terrace on the steep S slopes of Coomacarrea, overlooking the Inny river valley. A circular hut (KE081-037----) of drystone corbelled construction, modified for use as a sheepfold. An entrance, .5m wide, located at NE. D: 3.9m. Two annexes, each surviving only one course high, extend from the hut externally at SW. A lintelled chamber, probably a lamb shelter, occurs directly at SE, and slightly to S a crudely built animal shelter is built up against the E side of a large outcrop. A short distance to W and close to a stream, the foundations of a rectangular hut (KE081-037001-) with a well-marked entrance at NE. D: 6m x 2.8m. Three annexes abut the hut at NE.
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. 1408. 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
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.