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Hut site in Scarteen (dunkerron South By.)

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In rough hill grazing with occasional surface stones, on a terrace on the S-facing slopes of Knockleama and within a field system (KE083-023002-). The remains of a circular hut site (diam. 2.8m NE-SW) defined by a stone wall (T 0.6m; H 0.4m) which protrudes above the surface of bog SW-NE. Occasional traces of the wall are visible on the ground surface NE-SW. There is another hut site (KE083-023006-) c. 25m to the NW. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 May 2011

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