Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Grousemount, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Grousemount
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 51.88594, -9.31545
- SMR number
- KE095-016----
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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
New site identified by John Cronin & Associates (JCA) under Licence No. 16E0127 prior to wind farm development in Grousemount, Kilgarvan, Co. Kerry by ESB Wind Development Ltd. The remains of an east to west aligned rectangular hut site located on the southern side of a large outcropping of rock, c.30m to the east of the access spur to T.02 at ITM grid co-ordinate 509446, 571237. The northern side of the hut is formed by a vertical slab of rock outcropping. The east and south walls are formed by randomly arranged large sub-angular uncut stones, which extend across only a short portion of the western end of the feature, indicating a possible entrance. The external dimensions of the feature are 5.5m east to west by 1.9m north to south. The average height of the walls is 0.6m and the average width is 0.9m. This hut site overlooks a pocket of pasture which contains a two further hut sites, NICH18 and NICH19 which are located c.25m and 30m to the southeast respectively.
See attached photograph courtesy John Cronin.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by John Cronin
Date of upload: 7 April 2022
References
Cronin, J. et. al. 2018 Grousemount Wind Farm, Kilgarvan, County Kerry Preliminary Final Archaeological Report. Excavation Licence: 16E0127. Prepared by: David Murphy and Dr. Eugene Costello, John Cronin & Associates On behalf of ESB Wind Development Ltd. Unpublished report.
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