Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Teamhair (Dún Cíaráin Theas), County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Teamhair (Dún Cíaráin Theas)
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.79562, -10.16064
- SMR number
- KE098-121001-
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1841 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
In a sheltered gully, high on the NW slopes of Farraniaragh, overlooking Ballinskelligs Bay to W. The foundations of a drystone hut of roughly circular plan (KE098-121----), severely modified for use as a sheepfold.
Upright slabs and some large rectangular blocks define the N hut (KE098-121001-). D: 3.1m x 1.9m.
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. 1406. 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
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.