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Hut site in Aghamore (rosclogher By., Glencar Ed)

Hut site

What is recorded here

A narrow stone spread, barely wider than a man’s outstretched arms, still marks the foot of a lost shelter on the exposed karst plateau. It sat ten metres from two other hut sites and a hundred metres from a wedge tomb, suggesting a small cluster where people lived, buried their dead, and watched the SE slope darken at dusk. The flat white limestone may have echoed footsteps, dropped rain into hidden cracks, and stripped the wood and rope from memory until only stones remained.
Situated on an area of exposed karst (dims c. 200m N-S; c. 130m E-W) that is fairly flat and is on a broad plateau which slopes down generally to the SE. This is an oval area (int. dims 3.m N-S; 1.6m E-W) defined by a stone spread (Wth 1-1.5m). Hut-site (LE006-030010-) is c. 10m to the N, Hut site (LE006-030012-) c. 10m to the SE, and the wedge tomb (LE006-033----) is c. 100m to the SW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 12 January, 2016

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