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Hut site

Church Island (iveragh By., Loughcurrane Ed), County Kerry, Ireland

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Townland
Church Island (iveragh By., Loughcurrane Ed)
County
Kerry
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Indicated
Coordinates
51.83474, -10.13135
SMR number
KE098-039003-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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

The remains of this hut are located close to the island's shore, 76m SSW of St Finan’s Cell (KE098-039009-). They consist of the sod-covered foundations of a rectangular building, which measures 6.85m NE-SW x 6.08m NW-SE internally. The walls are of horizontally coursed drystone construction and average 1.6m thick. No entrance is evident. Two field boundaries traverse the structure, in which a portion of a quern was found (KCM 1992:34).

The above description is derived from O'Sullivan, A. and Sheehan, J. (compilers) 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University press. (1996), no. 974. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.

Date of upload: 18 June 2013

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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