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
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.82536, -10.15872
- SMR number
- KE098-113----
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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
In level scrubland, close to the W shore of Lough Currane. An overgrown collapsed structure comprised of a shallow stone-filled circular depression and a loosely built stone wall. D: 5.3m x 4.8m. A large spread of stone, possibly field clearance, abuts the site externally, giving it an overall diameter of 17m.
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. 1129. 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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Megalithic structureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.