Hut site in Raheennamadra — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Marten Stenberger cut through the ringfort bank in 1966 to reveal a six-metre round hut and underground passage. The hearth dates to roughly 520 A.D., placing ordinary life inside the ancient Celtic landscape Westropp admired. The hut remains buried in pasture, waiting for someone to imagine the hands that shaped its clay.

In pasture in an area known locally as Óenach Clochar, 115m E of townland boundary with Mitchelstowndown North. Westropp (1917-19, 67) described the Óenach Clochar as an ancient Celtic landscape and likened it to Tara, Telltown and Brugh na Bóinne in Co. Meath, and nearby Knockainey Hill, Co. Limerick. Ringfort (LI041-013011-) excavated by Marten Stenberger in 1966 and the remains of a hut site (LI041-013019-), Man-made underground passage (LI041-013020-) and burials (LI041-013021-) were uncovered. Excavations by Stenberger (1966, 38) were undertaken in about four-fifths of the enclosure (LI041-013011-), and in addition, three sections were cut through the bank and the fosse to the west, east and south. Excavations in the centre of the interior revealed a possible round hut (diam. 6-7m) with entrance at NW and a hearth (II) with a date of 1430±130 = A.D. 520. A Man-made underground passage (LI041-013020-) was revealed in the S abutting the inside of the bank'. Ringfort clearly visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached plan of ringfort taken from Stenberger (1966), and Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 4 August 2021

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