Beginish house

The Beginish house is a stone house and National Monument associated with the Viking period, located in County Kerry, Ireland.[2][3][4][5]

Beginish house
Native name
Irish: Teachín Bheiginse
Beiginis house
View over Beginish Island; the Viking house is visible as a stone ring at centre
Etymology"little island"
LocationCounty Kerry
Nearest cityCahersiveen
Coordinates51.938991°N 10.289963°W / 51.938991; -10.289963
Elevation13 m (43 ft)
Builtc. 9th century AD
OwnerIn state guardianship
Official nameBeginish Stone-built house[1]
Reference no.500
Location of Beginish house in Ireland

Location

The Beginish house is located in Canroe (An Ceann Rua, "the red headland"), on the eastern part of Beginish Island, an island in Valentia Harbour.[6][7]

History

The settlement at Beginish was inhabited by Vikings between the 9th and 12th centuries AD.[8]

Description

8 stone houses were associated with field systems, 8 cairns and 15 animal shelters.[9][10]

A runic inscription was found used as lintel for a house, and a bone pin and comb were found.[11][12]

References
  1. "National Monuments in State Care: Ownership & Guardianship" (PDF). archaeology.ie. 4 March 2009. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  2. Mould, Daphne Desirée Charlotte Pochin (3 September 1978). Valentia: portrait of an island. Blackwater Press – via Internet Archive. beginish.
  3. Klindt-Jensen, Ole (3 September 1970). The world of the Vikings. R. B. Luce – via Internet Archive. beginish house viking.
  4. "Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland". Society. 3 September 1995 – via Google Books.
  5. Sheehan, John; Hansen, Steffen Stummann; Ó Corráin, Donnchadh (3 September 2017). "A Viking Age Maritime Haven: A Reassessment of the Island Settlement at Beginish, Co. Kerry". The Journal of Irish Archaeology. 10: 93–119. JSTOR 30001672.
  6. Crowley, John; Sheehan, John (3 September 2017). "The Iveragh Peninsula: a cultural atlas of the Ring of Kerry". Cork University Press – via Google Books.
  7. J., Sheehan; Hansen, Stummann; Corráin, S. and Ó. (2001). "A Viking-age maritime haven: a reassessment of the island settlement at Beginish, Co. Kerry". Journal of Irish Archaeology. 10: 93–119.
  8. Valante, Mary A. (2008). The Vikings in Ireland: Settlement, Trade and Urbanization. Dublin: Four Courts Press. pp. 47–50. ISBN 9781846820939.
  9. Activeme.ie. "Beginish Island, Valentia Island, Kerry, Ireland – Wild Atlantic Way - Activeme.ie". www.activeme.ie.
  10. Laing, Lloyd Robert (29 June 2006). The Archaeology of Celtic Britain and Ireland: C.AD 400 - 1200. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521838627 – via Google Books.
  11. Martin, Francis X. (3 September 1988). Settlement and society in medieval Ireland: studies presented to F.X. Martin. Boethius Press. ISBN 9780863141430 – via Google Books.
  12. "The Viking Period - Kerry Gems".


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