What is recorded here

Hut site in Carrownloughan is a hut site in Carrownloughan, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies the southwest quadrant of a rath, where a raised interior section supports an eight metre circular hut. A two metre earthen bank defines the southeast and west sides, while a scarp marks the remaining edge. A partially blocked opening in the southwest bank reveals an underground passage, and a nearby depression may mark a collapsed chamber.

In the SW quadrant of a rath (SL025-095001-). A slightly raised section of the interior of the rath forms a platform for the remains of a circular hut (diam. 8m) which is defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.9m) SE-W and by a scarp elsewhere. The partially blocked opening to a Man-made underground passage (SL025-095002-) is visible in the internal face of the bank of the hut at SW. A depression (Wth 2.5m) which follows the line of the bank internally SW-NE may be a collapsed Man-made underground passage chamber. 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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