Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
An Fearann Iarthach, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- An Fearann Iarthach
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.77150, -10.15925
- SMR number
- KE106-042003-
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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
KE106-042----, which measures 24.4m N-S x 23.4m E-W internally, is located on sloping pasture on the S side of Farraniaragh mountain and overlooks Darrynane Harbour. It is recorded in the OSNB as a 'large fort and burial place for children' (Kilcrohane, 11).
The foundations of a circular hut interrupt the enclosing element at NNW. Its walls, of drystone masonry, are 1.5m wide and enclose an area 5.2m x 4.7m. A .7m wide entrance is located at SSE. A second hut, subcircular in plan, is also contained within the enclosing element at NE and has an internal diameter of 4.3m. The wall, .9m wide, is coursed to a height of .5m and is revetted externally by slabs set on edge.
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. 1002. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 30 July 2013
Nearby in the register
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - wedge tombunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.