What is recorded here

Hut site in Gortakeeran is a hut site in Gortakeeran, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies the south-west quadrant of a rath and forms a rectangular area measuring 6.4 metres from north-east to south-west and 8.2 metres from north-west to south-east. Low sod-covered wall footings, 0.7 metres wide with internal heights of 0.3 metres and external heights of 0.2 metres, mark the south-west, north-west and north-east sides, leaving the area open to the south-east. The interior is slightly sunken at the north-west end.

In the SW quadrant of a rath (SL025-026001-). A rectangular area (6.4m NE-SW; 8.2m NW-SE) defined by low sod-covered wall footings (Wth 0.7m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.2m) on the SW, NW and NE sides but the area is open to SE. The interior is slightly sunken at the NW end. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

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