Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Gortacloghane (dunkerron South By.), County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gortacloghane (dunkerron South By.)
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.90995, -9.80145
- SMR number
- KE082-050005-
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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
In rough hill pasture, on blanket bog, on a S-facing slope overlooking the valley of the Blackwater River and within a network of field boundaries (KE082-050002-). The remains of a circular hut site (5.4m E-W; 5.2m N-S) defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 0.7m; H 0.5m). Traces of external stone facing are visible SE-SW. The level interior is raised (H 0.5m) above the external ground level.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 30 May 2011
Nearby in the register
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.