Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Mangerton, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Mangerton
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.95510, -9.48575
- SMR number
- KE084-040001-
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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 the S-facing slope of Mangerton Mountain overlooking the valley of the Owbeg River. The remains of a D-shaped hut site (2m N-S) defined by a collapsed drystone wall (T 0.4m; H 0.4m) with a straight S side (L 3m). A boulder forms part of the wall at NW. The S portion of the interior is raised (H 0.5m) and the N portion is cut (D 0.4m) into the upslope to compensate for the hillslope. However, the interior still retains a gentle slope down to the S. There are loose stones scattered externally on the steep downslope.
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
- 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.