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Hut site in Lisnamoltaun

Hut site

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Lisnamoltaun holds a tiny subcircular hut beside a much larger ringfort, proving that even small people needed shelter when serving or avoiding the main settlement. The low stony bank may have enclosed a bed, a loom, a kiln or a fear. Its southern entrance faced the land rather than pride, fitting a place where survival depended on noticing weather, not being noticed.
On a rise in grassland, c. 100m SSW of a ringfort (GA086-192----). A roughly subcircular enclosure (NE-SW 2.2m) defined by a low stony bank with a possible entrance at S. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

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