Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Tuar Sáilín, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tuar Sáilín
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.96352, -10.00035
- SMR number
- KE081-041----
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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
A short distance downslope from KE081-040----, adjacent to a tributary of the Owroe river.
(1) (KE081-041 & KE081-041001-) The foundation courses of two huts with possible annexes, visible beneath later sheepfolds. Average internal diameter 2.5m x 2m.
(2) (KE081-041002-) About 20m E, subcircular hut foundation, one course high. D: 4m x 3m.
(3) (KE081-041003-) To N rectangular hut foundations with possible entrance at E. D: 3m x 1.5m.
Old field boundaries 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. 1417. 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
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.