Hut site in Ballard Commons

On the E edge of a terrace of rough hill pasture, on an E-facing slope overlooking the valley of the Owgarriff River. The remains of a circular hut site (5.8m N-S; 5.6m E-W) defined by a bank (Wth 0.65m; H 0.3m) of earth and stone. The level interior is cut (D 0.1m) into the upslope at the W and is raised (H 0.5m) by a revetment of stones along the NE-SE perimeter. Another hut site (CO115-104001-) is c. 80m to the NE. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009