Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Benagh, County Louth, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Benagh
- County
- Louth
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.00789, -6.22879
- SMR number
- LH008-051003-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
Possible circular hut site (int. diam. 3.5m) noted in centre of interior of inland promontory fort (LH008-051001-), during field survey in 1970 and 1982. The site was levelled in 1985 and all surface features were removed.
Compiled by: Claire Breen
Date of upload: 6 March 2012
This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 8/1985).
Nearby in the register
- Promontory fort - inlandunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.