Hut site in Manragh Upper, County Cavan

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What is recorded here

'The site is identified as a sub-circular setting of stones with internal dimensions of 4m N-S and 4.7m E-W. The wall, comprised of limestone blocks up to 1.2m in length and of sandstoen boulders up to 0.8m, would appear to have been 1m to 1.7m wide. There are possible entrances at the east and northeast.' The above description is derived from R. Sherlock, Northwest Co. Cavan Survey. An archaeological survey of northwest Cavan: the other Burren (2007), p. 146.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CV004-043

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