What is recorded here

Forty-one holes mark a four-metre circle where people stood before the great rampart rose. They likely drove stout posts into the clay and stretched hide or turf across them to keep the Clare rain out. The middle rampart came later, swallowing that small brave circle into its thickness.

Situated inside the middle rampart in the SE quadrant of Mooghaun hillfort (CL042-074001-). A hut site, excavated in 1995 (licence no. 92E0093) as part of the North Munster Project of the Discovery Programme formed part of the first phase of occupation in this area before the rampart was built. Forty-one post and stake-holes form a circle 4m in diameter. There was one central post-hole (0.25m x 0.2m; D 0.27m) and a group four (diam. 0.14-0.16m) possibly representing a structure with sturdy internal roof supports. (Grogan 2005, vol. 1, 172, fig. 6.16) Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 5 January 2016

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