
What is recorded here
In level area pasture, on S-facing slope 1.5km N of Rosscarbery Bay; excavated in 1959 (Fahy 1961). Group of 21 postholes, forming three sides of a rectangle (L 10m; Wth 3m) and single central posthole were exposed. Located c. 13m S of multiple stone circle (CO143-032001-); cup-marked stone (CO143-032002-) and boulder burial (CO143-032003-) close by to NE. Impossible to determine whether the hut was in any way associated.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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