Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Mangerton, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Mangerton
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.95317, -9.46443
- SMR number
- KE085-025----
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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 pasture, on a terrace on the SE-facing slopes of Mangerton Mountain. The remains of a circular hut site (4.4m N-S; 4.3m E-W) defined by a partially eroded, earth and stone bank (Wth 2m; int. H 1m; ext. H 0.5m). The bank is internally faced with a well-constructed drystone wall. Upright stone slabs form a revetment along the bank face externally NE-E. Elsewhere a scatter of loose stones lies close to the perimeter. There is an entrance (Wth 0.7m; L 2.1m) at the E which is defined at either side by a row of three contiguous upright stones (H 1.3m at N; 1.1m at S). The entrance stones lean slightly towards each other. Some prostrate stones lie to the E of the entrance may also have formed part of the entrance itself. There is another hut site (KE085-025001-) c. 30m to the E.
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.