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Hut site in Dunmaniheen

Hut site

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Dunmaniheen holds a circular hut inside a cliff-edge fort, its shallow bank barely rising above the grass. The structure measures four to five metres across, small enough for one household yet large enough to resist forgetting. Overgrowth buries the wall, but the shape remains clear when walked around. A person may have stood there at sunset, looking out over water while wind moved through the gap in the earth. The hut does not demand attention, but it returns what it takes back: scale, patience and the feeling of being watched by a dead room.
Within the centre of a cliff-edge fort (KE057-060001-). The remains of a circular hut (diam. 4-5m) defined by a bank (H c. 0.3m). The hut is heavily overgrown. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

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