Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
An Bhinn Bhán (uíbh Ráthach), County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- An Bhinn Bhán (uíbh Ráthach)
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.83164, -10.15534
- SMR number
- KE098-108----
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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
National Monument No. 380. About 20m from the W shore of Lough Currane in rough pasture. An overgrown circular hut with some large blocks incorporated into its drystone construction. An opening, 1.1m x .85m, in its interior leads into a drystone-built souterrain passage which extends towards SW. The upper courses of the inaccessible passage corbel slightly toward its lintelled roof. D: 5.1m x 5m. H: 1.2m. T: 2.7m.
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. 1128. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 31 July 2013
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.