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Hut site in Gortloughra

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In rough hill grazing, on a heather and rush-covered terrace on a N-facing slope. The remains of a D-shaped hut site (3.1m N-S) defined by a partially collapsed, curving, drystone wall (T 0.65m; H 1.1m) with a straight N side (L 4.3m). The wall is best preserved SW-N. The entrance (Wth 0.6m) is at the S. Rubble is scattered on the level interior. Another hut site (CO092-063002-) is c. 25m to the S. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

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