What is recorded here

Seventeen hut sites surround the Lissachiggel ringfort, forming a dense neighbourhoood rather than a lonely farm. This particular mark is one of that cluster, suggesting a crowded settlement where smoke, argument and shared labour filled the air. The fort implied defence, but the huts implied daily life: birth, hunger, festival and death inside a small circle of people who knew each other’s habits. Doolargy still holds that density beneath its grass.

The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 16 November 2011 One of 17 hut sites at 'Lissachiggel' ringfort (see LH004-050001-).

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