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Hut site in An Chathair Bhearnach

Hut site
Hut site in An Chathair Bhearnach
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An Chathair Bhearnach holds a small circular hut whose sod-covered stone walls still rise seventy centimetres above the earth. The chamber measured forty-five decimetres across, large enough for one person to stand, stretch both arms and still touch opposite sides. It sat inside the northwest quadrant of the rath, where the ground and stones have kept the shape of an ordinary living space long after its occupants left it behind.
The remnants of a circular hut (KE098-015001-) are located in the NW quadrant of the rath. Its sod-covered stone walls survive to an external height of .7m, and the structure has an internal diameter of 4.5m. The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 473. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 28 July 2013

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