Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Rossacoosane, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rossacoosane
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 51.89517, -9.66173
- SMR number
- KE092-059----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 on a terrace on a steep W-facing slope, which is largely obscured by gorse and dense moorgrass. There are extensive views W over a valley and S over Kenmare Bay. A circular area (10.5m N-S; 9.5m E-W) defined by the remains of a largely collapsed stone wall (T 0.65m; H 0.7m), consisting of large and smaller stones.
Compiled by: Matt Kelleher
Date of upload: 26 February 2013
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.