Cloughaun, hut site in County Kerry (KE089-061----)

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What is recorded here

Cloghaun/Clochán: In a level field in the N foothills of Coomcallee, a short distance S of the Cummeragh river. A collapsed drystone hut of subcircular plan. A .8m gap at E may represent the entrance. Extending 6.1m NE from the hut is a collapsed drystone wall, 2.5m wide. Field clearance abuts the site. D: 5.5m x 3.5m. H: 1m. T: 2.5m. Cork University Press (1996), no. 1359.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE089-061

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