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Hut site in Coulagh

Hut site

What is recorded here

One chamber, six metres long and four and a half across, fits inside the rath like a room cut from the hill. Stones still lean around a hollow centre, perhaps a hearth, perhaps only the memory of heat. Whoever built it did not need a palace; a roofed place to breathe, eat and wait out rain was enough.
A stony mound with a central depression is located in the SW quadrant of the rath's interior. It measures 6m x 4.65m in overall dimensions and may represent the remnants of a hut (KE070-030001-). The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 497. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 28 July 2013

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