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Hut site in Knockatotaun

Hut site

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Hut site in Knockatotaun is a hut site in Knockatotaun, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies the north-west quadrant of a rath and preserves faint traces of a possible circular dwelling. A low earthen bank two metres wide surrounds a flat area roughly six metres across, while a shallow depression one metre wide and twenty-five centimetres deep lies inside the bank. The bank rises twenty centimetres internally and ten centimetres externally.
In the NW quadrant of a rath (SL025-104----). The faint traces of a possible circular hut site consisting of a flat circular area (diam. c. 6m) defined by a low earthen bank (Wth 2m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.1m) inside of which is a shallow depression (Wth 1m; D 0.25m). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

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