What is recorded here
Located towards the top of the E-facing slope of a prominent drumlin. Archaeological testing and excavation (05E1267) identified a possible prehistoric hut-site c. 40m to the SW of rath (LE031-002----). It was completely excavated under the same licence and consisted of a curving gully (Wth 0.36-0.48m; D 0.07-0.22m) enclosing about two thirds of a circle. No artefacts were recovered from it and nor was there evidence of a hearth or an entrance, but a chert scraper was found c. 20m to the E. its exact location is not known. (Read 2008)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 14 October, 2019
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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