Hut site in Knocknascrow

Rectangular hut-site aligned NW-SE and a roughly rectangular adjoining enclosure (ext. dims. 4.9m x 5.2m; int. dims. 4m x 4.6m), constructed on a platform partly cut out from a steep facing slope on the W side of Pigeon Rock Glen. Pigeonrock River 100m to E which marks townland boundary with Carrigeen Mountain. Listed as Knocknascrow 3 (Costello 2016, 307). Present remains consist of a rectangular-shaped area (ext. dims. 5.2m x 2.6m; int. dims. 4.6m x 2m) enclosed by a well built coursed earth and stone wall (avg. H 0.7m; avg. T 0.6m) with no entrance visible. A low, grass-covered wall of which only the foundation stones survive, runs W from the SW corner of the hut, enclosing the rest of the slope-cut platform. Ten cultivation ridges run downslope from the site, occupying a patch 25m long and 15m wide (Costello 2020, Fig. 5.11). To the W, at a distance of just under 60m, is a man-made dam or bridge on a fast-flowing tributary stream. To the S, on the other side of that stream, is a grassy slope that appears to have been cleared of stones for the purposes of improving the grazing and making the ground safer for cattle (Costello 2016, 93). See attached photographs courtesy of Dr. Eugene Costello Compiled by: Dr Eugene Costello Date of upload: 25 August 2020