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Hut site in Erriff

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This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

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What is recorded here

On a plateau with a small rectangular lake (dims c. 55m E-W; c. 40m N-S) in a hollow to the NW. There is no trace of the hut-site enclosures described in the 1940s (SMR file) as being c. 100m E of the sheepfold (LE004-013----).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LE004-014

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  • Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.irishcentral.com
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Maker not stated on source page, visionsofthepastblog.com
  • Michael Murtagh, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.tripadvisor.ie
  • Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Jacobfrid, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.ireland.com
  • NTF30, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.findagrave.com
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