Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Bray, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Bray
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.88882, -10.40886
- SMR number
- KE087-026----
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 2 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located on the well-drained SE slopes of Bray Head, Valencia Island, above and slightly to the NE of Doonroe cliffs. Foundations of a rectangular hut defined by a row of uprights, absent at W. The slabs average .65m high x .3m wide and are set into one of the broad cultivation ridges which are widespread on this slope. D: 3.75m x 2.5m.
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. 1139. 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 systemunder 1 mi
- Mill - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.