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In an area of cutaway blanket bog, located on the SW-facing slope of a low knoll, on the lower west-facing slopes of the Ox Mountains.
This prehistoric hut site was discovered during a programme of survey and excavation (E000769) undertaken in the 1970's and early 1980's. It is located within a large walled enclosure (MA031-049001-), associated with cultivation ridges (MA031-049004-) and a field system (MA031-049002-), all of which were sealed beneath c. 0.7m of peat (Herity 1981, 36-7). The hut site consisted of a roughly circular area (Diam. c. 7m) defined by a bank. In the interior were the remains of a hearth containing wood charcoal (ibid. 37). Radiocarbon dates, combined with analysis of pollen cores, indicate that there was farming settlement here over several centuries from the Bronze Age into the Iron Age, before the area was finally engulfed in blanket bog (Herity 198, 37; O’Connell 1990, 261-70).
Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 19 June 2018
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