Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Lisnagat, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lisnagat
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.95670, -8.09437
- SMR number
- LE031-002001-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located towards the top of the E-facing slope of a prominent drumlin. Archaeological testing and excavation (05E1267) identified a possible prehistoric hut-site c. 40m to the SW of rath (LE031-002----). It was completely excavated under the same licence and consisted of a curving gully (Wth 0.36-0.48m; D 0.07-0.22m) enclosing about two thirds of a circle. No artefacts were recovered from it and nor was there evidence of a hearth or an entrance, but a chert scraper was found c. 20m to the E. its exact location is not known. (Read 2008)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 14 October, 2019
References
Read, C. 2008 Lisnagat: Possible prehistoric structure. In I. Bennett (ed.) Excavations 2005: summary account of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 234-5, No. 942. Dublin, Wordwell
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.