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Hut site in Ballynacallagh

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In pasture, beside the rocky seashore on the SE-facing slopes of a small island, Ilanebeg, overlooking Dursey Sound. The sod-covered remains of a rectangular hut site (4.4m NW-SE; 3.4m NE-SW) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 0.8m; H 0.1m) at the SW and NW sides with only traces of the bank remaining at the SE and NE sides. Another hut site (CO126-030004-) is c. 10m to the NE. (Breen 2003b; 2006, 36) 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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