Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Grousemount, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Grousemount
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 51.88259, -9.32153
- SMR number
- KE095-030----
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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 Byrne, Mullins and Associates during the preliminary phases of the project prior to wind farm development in Grousemount, Kilgarvan, Co. Kerry by ESB Wind Development Ltd. This feature is situated in a pasture filed in the eastern side of the River Roughty and on relatively flat lands at the base of a west-facing slope. It was noted during field work undertaken in 2010. The feature is barely discernible on the ground surface. It comprises a central raised circular area (diam. c. 3m; H: 0.1m) surrounded by a possible fosse (W: c. 1.2m; D: 0.1 – 0.15m) outside of which in turn is surrounded by a slightly raised area (remains of bank) which is c. 1m wide and 0.1m high. The morphology of the feature is reminiscent of a hut site.
See attached photograph courtesy John Cronin.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by John Cronin
Date of upload: 8 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 Unpublished report.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.