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Hut site in Ballahacommane

Hut site
Hut site in Ballahacommane
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A collapsed drystone wall still marks a circular hut on the south-facing slope in Ballahacommane, facing Mangerton Mountain. The entrance points southeast, while a cairn sits eighteen metres northwest, suggesting the site served more than passive shelter. Grass and bramble now choke the stones, but the shape remains clear enough to imagine someone standing inside, watching the mountain change colour at dusk.
In a heavily overgrown area of rough pasture, on the S-facing slopes of a NW-SE ridge, with views S to Mangerton Mountain. The remains of a circular hut (diam. 4.8m) defined by a collapsed drystone wall (T 0.5m; H 0.8m). The entrance (Wth 1m) is at SE. A cairn (KE067-094005-) is c. 18m to the NW. (O'Donnell 2001; O'Donnell 2003) Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

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