Habitation site in Piperstown — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Half a meter of stone and dirt on a hillside in County Dublin, yet it sits inside a settlement and cemetery stretching back to the Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age. That much smaller shape may have been a temporary shepherd shelter rather than an ancient home, but the distinction barely matters once the region is named. Piperstown belongs to people who repeated life there across centuries, and even a modest corner of it still points back to that longer presence.

Situated on the S slopes of Piperstown Hill. A habitation site known as Site B. ‘Site B: A small sub-rectangular stone enclosure. It measures about 2-25 m. by 2 m. internally, with its long axis orientated SW-NE, and is situated on the brow of a steep downward slope at the south-west of the plateau. Some of the inner stones in its south-western corner are set vertically. The entrance is probably at the north-east. A more recent earthen bank runs through the south-eastern side of the site.’ Rynne and Ó hÉailidhe (1965, 80) suggested that this possible hut-site might 'only be a shepherd's shelter of comparatively modern times.' This is part of an extensive settlement and cemetery of Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age date. Compiled by: Paul Walsh and Padraig Clancy Revised upload on: 8 July 2018

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