Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Gortagowan, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gortagowan
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated (1895-6).
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.84254, -9.82382
- SMR number
- KE100-006----
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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
On a small rise in rough grazing land, overlooking Kenmare Bay to S. An overgrown circular hut of drystone construction, with large block-like boulders set upright along the external wall-face from S to N. Stone collapse in the interior. D: 4.3m. H: .6m. T: 1.3m. Extending NW from the hut is an 8m stretch of possibly coeval walling.
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. 1283. 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
- Cultivation ridgesunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.