Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Carrig West, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrig West
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.93752, -9.65469
- SMR number
- KE083-076----
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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 rocky mountain terrain on the SE side of Moll's Gap, at the head of the Finnihy river valley. Sod-covered foundations of a subcircular hut with a 1m wide entrance at E. D: 2.9m x 2.3m. H: .3m. T: .5m.
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. 1186. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 31 July 2013
Nearby in the register
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.