Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Com Na Heorna Thiar, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Com Na Heorna Thiar
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Sheepfold
- Coordinates
- 51.78772, -10.11091
- SMR number
- KE106-020----
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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
High on the E slopes of Cahernageeha, at the head of a tributary of the Coomnahorna river valley. In rough wet pasture, the ruined remains of a subcircular hut defined by a double row of uprights (KE106-020----). Possible entrance at W. D: 3.3m x 2.8m. T: .9m. A stone-revetted rectangular platform, 4.6m x 2.4m, abuts the S side of the hut. The ruined remains of a subcircular hut, 30m to SW. D: 3.6m x 3.2m. Old field walls visible in the near vicinity.
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. 1221. 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
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.