What is recorded here

Hut site in Rooghan is a hut site in Rooghan, County Sligo, Ireland. A circular area 8.5 metres across is enclosed by an earthen bank 0.8 metres wide at the top, 1.5 metres wide at the base and 1 metre high, with a possible entrance 2 metres wide at the east. Some stones appear in the bank base, and the site is a National Monument in state ownership.

In a forest plantation, at the top of a hill. The hut had been inspected in 1982, when the surrounding area had been deep ploughed for tree planting. It was then described as a circular area (diam. 8.5m) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 0.8m at top, 1.5m at base; H 1m) with a possible entrance (Wth 2m) at E; some stones were noted in the base of the bank (SMR (1989) file). This is a National Monument (no 10070) in state ownership. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of revised upload: 1 October 2019

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