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Hut site in Tulaigh Fhialáin

Hut site

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Within forestry, on the S slopes of Collybeg, a short distance N of the Inny river. Two circular, drystone huts adjacent to one another. The larger corbelled hut, at N (KE081-020----), features an entrance passage at E and two lintelled niches in the inner wall-face. Trees are growing within its interior. D: 4m. H: 2m. T: 1.55m. Abutting its S side is the second corbelled hut (KE081-020001-) with a possible entrance at E. Two upright slabs flank its inner wall-face. Interior is filled with moss-grown stone collapse. D: 2.7m. H: .8m. T: 1.2m. Old field walls occur in the immediate vicinity. The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 1421. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 1 August 2013

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