Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Shronebirrane, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Shronebirrane
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.74149, -9.81076
- SMR number
- KE108-055009-
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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 rough hill pasture, on a NE-facing slope of Tooth Mountain. The poorly preserved remains of a D-shaped hut site (4.9m N-S) defined by a drystone wall (T 0.6m; H 0.4m) with a straight N side (L 3.6m). The hut site is cut (D 0.3m) into the upslope at S. The walls are partly grass covered and protrude above the blanket bog. The internal wall face (H 0.35m) E-W is completely covered in grass. An irregular-shaped depression (1.6m E-W; 1.2m N-S) in the NE corner is defined by stones which protrude above the bog surface. The function of this feature is unclear. There is a possible entrance (Wth 0.6m) at W.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 30 May 2011
Nearby in the register
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.