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Hut site in Alexander Reid

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Outside the rath fosse at NW a ditch extended NW which, although not connected with it, is probably a contemporary land boundary. Its fill was cut by one of five arcing slot-trenches that combine to create a circular structure just outside the ambit of the rath and its annexes. This is a double-walled (int. diam. c. 7m; ext. diam. c. 8.5m) hut-site, or possibly a hut-site with a drip-channel, with possible entrances at N and E, but as its slot-trenches are cut in the top fill of the boundary ditch it probably relates to Phase 4 by which time the rath was absorbed into its annexes. (McGlade 2017, vol. 1, 53-55, 88-91) See the attached plans from McGlade 2017 (P 34, 90) _01 location: _02 plan; Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 19 April, 2023 McGlade, S. 2017 Preliminary Excavation Report, Site D, Alexander Reid, Navan. Licence: 16E0449. Unpublished report, 2 vols Archaeology Plan

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