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On W slopes of Ballysitteragh/Beennabrack mountain. A circular drystone hut KE043-090---- now incorporated into a field boundary. D: 4.83m. H: 1.23m. The floor is paved with flagstones. There are 3 entrances at present. At WNW is a .56m wide gap. At E is a lintelled opening, now blocked externally, measuring only .44m in height and .54m in width. At SSW is a low lintelled passage, now blocked externally, measuring .6m in height x .6m in width. Outside the latter is a large mound of stones, possibly the collapse from a 2nd hut KE043-090001-.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 1115. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 5 August 2013
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