Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Inchincoosh, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Inchincoosh
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.93249, -9.37161
- SMR number
- KE085-040----
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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, between ridges of outcropping rock to the N and S, on a W-facing slope. The remains of a rectangular hut site (2.7m E-W; 2.3m N-S) defined by a drystone wall (T 0.6m; H 1.5m). The outcropping rock forms the base of the N wall. Overlapping slabs along the upper reaches of the N wall suggests possible corbelling. There is an entrance (Wth 0.75m) at the S end of the E wall. The W portion of the interior is raised (H 1.2m) and the E portion is cut (D 1.1m) into the upslope to compensate for the hillslope. The interior is covered in ferns and rushes.
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.