Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
MacHa Ghrianáin, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- MacHa Ghrianáin
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.86303, -10.03364
- SMR number
- KE090-019001-
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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
A rectangular sheepfold, built on the foundations of a circular hut (KE090-019001-), occupies the N half of the interior of the site. Its traverses the centre of the hut, and its N wall is the rebuilt side of the hut. The S side of the hut survives as a low and indistinct stony bank which gives an internal diameter of 6.9m.
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. 612. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 29 July 2013
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.