Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Scarteen (dunkerron South By.), County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Scarteen (dunkerron South By.)
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.91871, -9.72629
- SMR number
- KE083-023024-
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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
Within the S quadrant of an enclosure (KE083-023023-) and within a relict field system (KE083-023002-). The remains of a circular hut site (diam. 3m) defined by the collapsed lower courses of a stone wall (T 0.7m; H 0.4m), the S arc of which is incorporated into the enclosing element of the enclosure. There is a scatter of loose stones along the perimeter and within the level interior.
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
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.