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House, early medieval

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The second rectangular building (KE088-015007-) is located in the SW quadrant of the site and abuts the enclosing wall at S. It measures 12.1m N-S x 5.5m E-W internally, and its wall footings average 1m wide and survive to an average height of .5m. There are poorly defined, opposed entrance gaps midway along the side-walls, the W example measuring .9m wide. The house is divided internally by a transverse wall near its N end. See attached plan of monument taken from O'Sullivan and Sheehan 1996, Fig. 144 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. 922. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013

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