Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Carhoomeengar West, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carhoomeengar West
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Sheepfold
- Coordinates
- 51.91383, -9.60496
- SMR number
- KE084-015----
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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 pasture, on the W bank of a river, on a SE-facing slope overlooking the headwaters of Kenmare Bay. The remains of a circular hut site (3m N-S; 2.6m E-W) defined by a collapsed drystone wall (T 0.8m; H 1.4m) which is best preserved at N. The wall along the E arc, which is adjacent to the river bank, is obscured by dense overgrowth. Field-clearance stones have been piled up externally against the wall along the N and S arcs. There is an entrance at W. The N portion of the interior is cut into the upslope to compensate for the hillslope.
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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.