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Hut site

Mooghaun South, County Clare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Hut site, Mooghaun South, County Clare, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Mooghaun South
County
Clare
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.78243, -8.87963
SMR number
CL042-074016-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1883 · Ireland 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Situated 3m E of the middle rampart of Mooghaun hillfort (CL042-074001-) in the SW quadrant of the hillfort and 15m NE of a cashel (CL042-074002-). One of three hut sites in this area excavated in 1994-5 as part of the North Munster Project of the Discovery Programme. ‘House 3’ was circular (ext. diam. 6.15m; int. diam. 4.5m) and defined by a double-kerbed wall (Wth up to 1m; H 0.4m) with a rubble fill. An entrance feature at E (Wth 0.76-1.3m) may have been roughly cobbled and was slightly higher than the interior producing a stepped effect. There was evidence for a possible central post-hole with a second similar feature at SW close to the internal wall. ‘House 1’ and ‘House 2’ lie 15m and c. 33m to the E respectively. (Grogan 2005, vol. 1, 157-8)

Compiled by: Mary Tunney

Date of upload: 5 January 2016

References

Grogan, E. 2005 The North Munster Project, Vol. 1: The later prehistoric landscape of south-east Clare. Bray. Wordwell.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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