What is recorded here

Hut site in Magheralackagh is a hut site in Magheralackagh, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies the southwest quadrant of a rath, set in the angle between the rath bank and a field boundary crossing the interior east to west. The oval structure measures 6.95 metres east to west inside, has earth and stone walls 1.8 metres wide, stands 0.75 metres high internally and 0.5 metres externally, and opens north through a 4.7 metre gap. Its interior slopes.

In the SW quadrant of a rath (SL035-060001-), in the angle between the bank of the rath and a field boundary which crosses the interior on an E-W axis. The remains of an oval structure (int. diam. 6.95m E-W) with walls of earth and stone (Wth 1.8m; int. H 0.75m; ext. H 0.5m). The entrance (Wth 4.7m) is at N. The interior is sloping. 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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