Hut site

The National Monuments Service's description

Clochán Dubh: On a S facing slope on the E side of the Glanfahan river valley. An almost complete, circular hut of corbelled drystone construction. The lintelled doorway at SE is 1.55m high x .55m wide x .9m long, and a sunken passageway, 3.8m long x 2.2m wide x .95m deep, leads up to it on the outside. A lintelled aperture, at ground level in the inner wall face at S, is .52m high x .55m wide x at least 1.25m deep, and may lead to the souterrain (KE052-218001-) which was discovered about 3m S of the hut at the beginning of this century (Curran no.54). D: 5m. H: 3.5m. A short distance to NW of the hut is a possible bullaun stone (KE052-218002-), .63m high x .87m long x .45m wide, with a depression in its upper surface measuring .24m x .13m x .095m deep. About 6.65m to ESE of the 1st hut, the remains of a 2nd hut have been incorporated into a field wall and almost completely obscured by field clearance debris. D: c. 5m. H: 1.1m.

The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 1287. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.

Date of upload: 5 August 2013