What is recorded here

Hut site in Cloonkeevy is a hut site in Cloonkeevy, County Sligo, Ireland. It lies immediately east of the centre of a rath and consists of a slightly raised, roughly rectangular structure measuring 3.5 metres north-east to south-west and 3 metres north-west to south-east. An earthen scarp 0.2 metre high defines the site, with a row of edge-set limestone slabs against its outer face on the north-west and south-east sides. The interior slopes down to the east.

Immediately E of the centre of a rath (SL033-114001-). The remains of a roughly rectangular slightly raised structure (3.5m NE-SW; 3m NW-SE) defined by an earthen scarp (H 0.2m). A row of limestone slabs (average dims. L 0.2-0.4m; T 0.2m; H 0.2-0.3m) set on edge, are against and aligned with the external face of the scarp on the NW and SE sides. The interior slopes down to E. 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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