Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Duichealla, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Duichealla
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.79647, -10.34000
- SMR number
- KE096-016001-
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Shown on 4 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
On a natural terrace on the W slopes of Bolus, overlooking Ducalla head to W. A pair of poorly preserved conjoined huts of drystone construction, built on the W edge of a stone revetted terrace. The better preserved S hut KE096-016---- is oval in plan. D: 3.5m x 2.4m. H: 1.5m. T: .7m. The collapsed circular N hut KE096-016001- features a 1.4m wide gap at E, probably the entrance. D: 3m x 2.9m. H: .6m. T: .6m.
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. 1262. 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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Signal towerunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.