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Hut site in Na Dúnta Thiar

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On the S slopes of Sea Hill overlooking Dingle Bay. A pair of conjoined hut foundations. S hut KE054-070---- is rectangular in plan with a small wall-cupboard in the interior, and a recess at ground level in the NE corner measuring .8m wide x .25m high x .64m deep. In front of the latter, a roughly D-shaped portion of the hut interior, 1.6 x 2.6m, has been enclosed by a setting of stones; the function of this is not known. D: 4.3 x 3.6m. H: .6m. N hut is circular and of corbelled drystone construction. D: 3.8m. H: 1.1m. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 1244. 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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