What is recorded here
In boggy upland pasture used for sheep grazing, there is a complex of hut sites at an elevation of between 250m and 260m on a ridge of the E slope of Beenmore. 2 of the hut sites are N of a tributary of the Behy river and the remainder are S of it. Coomnacronia Lake is c. 625m SSW and the hut complex N of the lake is c. 520m to SW. Drung Hill is to N. At NE, there are views down the valley beyond Curra Hill to Dingle Bay and at E, to Seefin Mountain. This poorly preserved drystone hut site is 9m SW of hut site (KE071-095----). Internally it measures 3m NW-SE and 2m NE-SW. The walls are 0.5m thick and 0.75m high. There is no entrance evident'.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Aoibheann Lambe
Date of upload: 7 October 2022
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