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Hut site in Lurgan

Hut site

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Half a metre of moss and grass hides a circular chamber perched on a limestone spine above a sheer eastern drop. The rock floor still bites through the turf, suggesting people chose the ridge not for comfort but for watchfulness. A forgotten hut, shrine or marker may have stood there while the land around it changed, leaving only a shallow rim for others to debate.
In pasture, located on a spine of rocky ground on top of a N–S limestone ridge. The precipitous E-facing slope of the ridge lies 20m to E. This small circular feature is barely discernible at ground level, and its date and function are uncertain. It consists of a roughly circular area (6m N–S; 5m E–W) defined on the perimeter at NNE–NNW by a very low, moss-covered rise (Wth 0.6-1m; H 0.2m) which appears to be the remnants of a stone bank or wall. The interior is flat and grass-covered but feels stony underfoot and appears to incorporate expanses of natural limestone bedrock: it is located on a broad seam of limestone bedrock that continues to N and S beyond the hut site. There is a possible enclosure (DG103-094----) 30m to N and a hillfort (DG103-072----) 50m to N, and a possible cairn (DG103-032----) 60m to S. Attached image: DG103-095----_01.JPG Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 18 November 2015

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