Hut site in Clonkill, County Westmeath

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What is recorded here

Situated on the lower S facing slope of a ridge in grassland. Ringfort (WM012-197---) 35m to NE. Outline of levelled monument visible on Digital Globe aerial photograph taken November 2011. Described in 1981 as a possible rectangular house site is visible inside the bank in the E quadrant of the interior of the ringfort (WM012-198---). House site not visible on Digital Globe aerial photograph Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 12 March 2018

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WM012-198001

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