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Hut site

Ballagh (Glanarought By.), County Kerry, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Hut site, Ballagh, County Kerry, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Ballagh (Glanarought By.)
County
Kerry
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
51.85542, -9.37112
SMR number
KE094-046001-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1883 · Ireland 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Within the W side of a pre-bog field system (KE094-046----). The remains of a circular hut site (3.1m E-W; 2.9m N-S) defined by a drystone wall (T 0.6m; H 0.4m). There is a collapsed entrance at N. Relict field walls of the system are visible in the vicinity to the N, E and S. There is an adjoining hut site (KE094-046009-) to the NE. Another hut site (KE094-046003-) is 10m to the NE and two other hut sites (KE094-046004-, KE094-046010-) lie c. 65m to the NE.

The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.

Date of upload: 30 May 2011

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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