Hut site in Bavan, County Louth

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What is recorded here

The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). The site is circular in plan (int. diam. 4.8m) with a low grass-covered stone wall (Wth 1.7m, ext. H 0.2m, int. H 0.5m) enclosing a slightly sloping interior. A gap (Wth 1.3m) at the SE may represent the original entrance. Referred to by Stubbs (CLAJ 1908, 37) as a 'mount' and known locally as a 'fort' (OS Memorandum 6364 A).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LH005-013

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