Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Cathair Samháin, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cathair Samháin
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Cloughaun
- Coordinates
- 51.85621, -10.08318
- SMR number
- KE089-059----
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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
Cloghaun/Clochán: Located about 25m NW of Cahersavane caher (KE089-060----), in rough W sloping pasture. The drystone foundations of a square hut with rounded corners. A 2.05m wide gap at SE may indicate the location of the entrance. The overgrown interior is filled with collapse. D: 4.8m x 4.4m. H: .9m. T: 1.8m.
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. 1167. 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
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Rock artunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.