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Hut site in Shehy Beg

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In rough hill grazing, on bog, on a terrace on the upper S-facing slopes of Shehy Beg. The remains of a circular hut site (4.8m E-W; 4.6m N-S) defined by a jumbled stone wall (T 0.6m; H 0.5m) which protrudes SW-SE above the surface of shallow bog and by traces of the stone wall SE-SW. Another hut site (CO093-077002-) adjoins this hut site at the N and a second hut site (CO093-077003-) is c. 30m 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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