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Hut site in Canburrin

Hut site

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About 70m E of KE089-001---- is an enclosed cluster of three huts, a mound of stone collapse - possibly a fourth hut - and an arc of stone walling erected as a sheepfold. (1) KE089-002----; An oval hut of corbelled drystone construction with a lintelled wall-niche in the interior at N. A collapsed entrance passage, .7m wide, at SW. D: 1.5m x 1.25m. H: 1m. T: 1.2m. (2) KE089-002001-; Subrectangular hut adjacent at S. Inner wall-face flanked with a basal row of uprights. D: 2m x 1.3m. W: .7m. (3) KE089-002002-; Rough foundations of a rectangular structure E of (2). D: 4.5m x 2.6m. 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. 1182. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 31 July 2013

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