Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Gloragh, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gloragh
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.89093, -9.94483
- SMR number
- KE090-042----
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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
High on the SW slopes of Knocknagantee in open mountain terrain. A cluster of four drystone structures.
(1) (KE090-042----) A sheepfold overlies a subcircular hut with a blocked entrance passage at W. A collapsed annex, 1.9m x 1.8m, abuts its SE side.
(2) (KE090-042001-) N of the hut, a roughly constructed rectangular enclosure. D: 1.8m x 1.6m. T: .8m.
(3) (KE090-042002-) A square hut, its NW wall constructed of block-like uprights. An entrance at W, defined by a pair of uprights set .9m apart. D: 2.9m x 2.4m. T: 1m.
(4) (KE090-042003-) Nearby at W, a poorly defined subrectangular enclosure. D: 2.9m x 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. 1282. 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
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.