Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Cill Rialaigh, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cill Rialaigh
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.79612, -10.31190
- SMR number
- KE097-042----
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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
Located in rough, rocky terrain on a SE facing slope, about 40m SW of an early ecclesiastical site (N/A). Two large uprights, orientated N-S and set .67m apart, probably define the entrance to a ruined hut. The uprights average 1.37m high, .8m wide and .36m thick. Bedrock and boulders may have been incorporated into the basal construction of the walls. Rough coursing overlies the bedrock at N, and a sheepfold abuts its internal face. The site was interpreted by Lynch as a 'cromlech' (1902b, 327).
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. 1303. 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
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.