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Hut site in Foilatrisnig

Hut site

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Caherbaun/An Chathair Bhán: Roughly circular cashel KE036-034---- is situated on a N facing slope near the foot of the mountain ridge overlooking Tralee Bay. The Co. Kerry Field Club (1945, 646-7; 1946, 657; 1953) recorded a number of huts or chambers contained within the thickness of the enclosing wall. The present landowner described one (KE036-034004-) in the SE section of the wall as about 3 foot (c. 0.9m) square with a flagged roof. These are not now discernible. The Field Club also noted the foundations of a large circular hut in the interior. This was about 12 feet (c. 3.6m) in diameter and there were 'indications of Man-made underground passages' within it. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 565. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 7 August 2013

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