What is recorded here
Dún Sheáin held four possible hut sites, suggesting a small community rather than a lonely outcast. This northern chamber measured six metres across before decay stripped it to a low western arc. People likely breathed, heated stones and shared food inside that circle, while the rest vanished into soil and memory.
Located in the N part of the interior of ringfort (KE053-077----), only the W arc of this structure survives. It is 6m in diameter and the wall is reduced to a stony bank up to .75m high.
One of four possible hut sites within ringfort (see also KE053-077001-, KE053-077003- and KE053-077005-).
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage (compiler) 'Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey.' Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne (1986), no. 393. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 29 May 2013
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