Hut site

The National Monuments Service's description

In poorly drained rushy covered mountain pasture, on the SE facing slope of Leahan Mountain with views of the sea to the S and Slieve League to the W. There is a clustered settlement of several hut sites (DG089-026004-/010-) 110m to the E. The poorly preserved heather covered remains of what appears to be three small square-shaped adjoining hut sites (DG089-026001/002/003-) or possibly the remains of a single rectangular house with three square-shaped chambers. The wall footings of the W wall of a third possible hut site(DG089-026003-) runs off the NW angle of the second hut site. The most southerly hut site consists of the remains of a square hut site (int. dims. 2.4m E-W x 2.7m N-S) defined by a heather-covered, partially collapsed drystone wall (T 0.9m; H 0.5m) which survives 4 courses high. There is a possible entrance gap at the N end of the E wall. The second hut site (DG089-026002-) is only 1m to the N. Located in an area of a dense concentration of hut sites which appear to make up a clustered settlement (DG089-026001/021).