Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Leean, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Leean
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.29841, -8.29165
- SMR number
- LE011-143----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1869 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on a SE-facing slope of rising ground in an upland river valley with higher ground to the N. A well preserved sub-circular hut site (int. diam. 3.9m) defined by a low grass covered footings of a drystone wall (T 0.75m; H 0.4m) is visible from S through E to NNE. Elsewhere there is no enclosing element. The lack of an enclosing element on the upslope of the hill indicates that the builders used the drystone wall to create a level platform that has been raised on the downslope and held in place by the stone revetment. The walling on the downslope consists of a double row of boulders and is built in a similar fashion to some of the pre-bog field walls on the mountain. No clear entrance feature is visible. The hut site (LE011-141----) is c. 40m to the E.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 12 September, 2009
Nearby in the register
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Water mill - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.