Hut site

The National Monuments Service's description

Listed as Mín na Saileach 12 (Costello 2016, 345; Costello 2020, 85, 91). A site consisting of two adjoining stone-walled structures, located on the N bank of stream in a relatively flat part of the valley. Much bracken overgrowth. W structure (ext. dims. 5.7m x 3.65m; int. dims. 4.1m x 2.4m) is roughly rectangular and aligned NW-SE. Entrance in SW corner looking down valley, and another entrance at NE.
There is no doorway from this W structure into the eastern. The latter is smaller (ex.t dims. 4.2m x 4.4m; int. dims. 3.4m x 2.9m) and roughly square in shape. It has a possible entrance on its far E side. A well-constructed, coursed wall buttresses the S side of the whole site along the bank of the stream. The rest of the walls (H 0.4m; Wth 0.65m) are constructed of rubble, with the E structure in particular containing peaty material as well. The W structure was probably a roofed dwelling place. The eastern may have been likewise, or else an adjoining shed.

See attached photographs courtesy of Dr. Eugene Costello

Compiled by: Dr Eugene Costello

Date of upload: 27 August 2020

References

Costello, E. 2016 Upland transhumance practices in Ireland, and their role in post-medieval settlement and society, c.1550-1900 AD. Unpublished doctoral thesis, NUI Galway.

Costello, E. 2020 Transhumance and the Making of Ireland’s Uplands, 1550-1900. Woodbridge. Boydell.