What is recorded here

Hut site in Carrowgavneen is a hut site in Carrowgavneen, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies the northwest quadrant of a rath and forms a small oval measuring 8.5 metres northeast to southwest and 6.5 metres northwest to southeast. A ruinous wall of loose stones barely above the ground defines the oval, while a shallow hollow about 2 metres wide lies near the centre. South of the stone ring, traces of another ruinous wall curve in a shallow arc toward the enclosing scarp of the rath at the southwest.

In the NW quadrant of a rath (SL025-011----). A small oval feature (8.5m NE-SW; 6.5m NW-SE) defined by a ruinous wall (Wth 0.5m), consisting of loose stones barely protruding above the ground. Roughly in the centre of the ring of stones is a shallow hollow (Wth c. 2m) and a few metres S of the ring of stones there are traces of a ruinous wall curving in a shallow arc towards the enclosing scarp of the rath at SW. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

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