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Hut site in Na Gleannta Theas

Hut site

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Na Gleannta Theas holds a circular drystone hut on a gentle western slope, its corbelled walls rising 2.4m around a lintelled entrance barely high enough for a bending adult. The narrow opening faced the Milltown river, admitting wind and rain while excluding larger predators. Whoever built it understood that survival required more than strength; it required geometry.
On a gentle W facing slope c. 600m E of the Milltown river. A circular corbelled drystone hut with a lintelled entrance, .77m high, at W. D: 3.15 to 3.35m. H: 2.4m. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 1370. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 5 August 2013

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