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Cloghauns, hut site in County Kerry (KE079-047----)

Hut site

What is recorded here

Cloghauns/Clochán: Within an old field system, high on the steep N slopes of Bentee, overlooking the town of Cahersiveen and the Valencia river estuary. On a natural terrace, a circular hut of corbelled drystone construction with an entrance, .6m wide, at E. A collapsed secondary wall divides its interior. Remnants of a drystone wall extend for a short distance from the exterior at NE. D: 3.9m x 3.8m. H: .8m. T: 1.5m. Cork University Press (1996), no. 1176.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE079-047

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Official monument number
KE079-047----
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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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