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
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.85422, -10.07838
- SMR number
- KE089-065----
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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
Located c. 50m NE of a caher (KE089-066----) and immediately below the terrace on which it is situated. A circular hut of corbelled drystone construction, built into a W facing slope overlooking Lough Currane. The stone-filled entrance at S measures .75m wide. A lintelled wall-niche, located in the interior at NE. D: 3.6m x 3.3m. H: 1.3m. T: 1.2m. A subcircular structure abuts the hut at SE that was probably used as an animal shelter. D: 1m x .9m.
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. 1168. 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
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.