Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Oileán Na Gcánóg, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Oileán Na Gcánóg
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.84040, -10.40279
- SMR number
- KE096-001----
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 2 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located above Boat Cove on the NE side of Puffin Island, commanding extensive views from NW to S. A well-built circular hut of corbelled drystone construction with a .93m wide entrance at N. There is a wall-niche in the interior at S, and a secondary curving wall bisects the interior of the hut. D: 3.8m x 3.3m. H: 1.4m. T: 1.2m.The hut is located in the SW sector of what may be a contemporary drystone enclosure, c. 36m x 30m.
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. 1361. 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
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Promontory fort - coastalunder 1 mi
- Promontory fort - coastalunder 1 mi
- Hut site1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.