Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Ochtaibh, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ochtaibh
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Cloughaun
- Coordinates
- 51.86352, -10.07667
- SMR number
- KE089-061----
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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: In a level field in the N foothills of Coomcallee, a short distance S of the Cummeragh river. A collapsed drystone hut of subcircular plan. A .8m gap at E may represent the entrance. Extending 6.1m NE from the hut is a collapsed drystone wall, 2.5m wide. Field clearance abuts the site. D: 5.5m x 3.5m. H: 1m. T: 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. 1359. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 1 August 2013
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.