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Hut site

What is recorded here

In woodland, on a S-facing slope. The remains of a rectangular hut site (3.8m E-W; 1.8m N-S) defined by a poorly preserved, drystone wall (T c. 0.65m; H 0.5m). There is a possible entrance (Wth 0.6m) at the NE corner. This hut site may be associated with a roofless rectangular stone building which lies in the immediate vicinity to the SW. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE100-023

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  • Trevor Harris, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Gordon Hatton, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • David Purchase, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Dr Charles Nelson, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Josh Jackson, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
  • Yosemite, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Michael Dibb, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
  • Espresso Addict, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Mick Garratt, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Richard Webb, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Robotforaday at en.wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
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