Hut site

The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on a flat ground close to the seashore at Lackwee, at the extreme south-western tip of the island. The southern side of an unfinished nineteenth-century road is only 2m to NW and two small piles of crushed stone are visible at similar distances to NE and E. The hut comprises a small but very well preserved structure, ovoid in plan (NE–SW 6m, NW–SE 3.9m, overall), its long axis running NE–SW. It is defined by a tumbled wall of stones and small boulders 1.0–1.5m wide and up to 0.6m high. Although no trace of an external revetment is visible, the interior (NE–SW 2.5m, NW–SE 1.65m, internal) is clearly defined throughout by a very neat facing (H0.3m) of contiguous stones and boulders that stand two courses high in places. A gap (Wth c. 1.15m) at the north-north-eastern, narrower end, marks the entrance. A large angular boulder (H 0.8m max.) is loosely pitched on its end directly outside the entrance on the northern side. The surface of the interior is grass-covered and relatively flat, and the sod appears to be of some depth (c.0.2m). A number of rabbit burrows are visible. The fact that it has not been robbed might suggest that it is contemporary with or later than the adjacent road.

The above description is derived from: New Survey of Clare Island. Volume 5: Archaeology. Edited by Paul Gosling, Conleth Manning and John Waddell. (Royal Irish Academy, Dublin. 2007). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated.

Date of upload: 29 November 2018

References

Gosling, P., Manning, C. and Waddell, J. (eds.) 2007 New Survey of Clare Island, Volume 5: Archaeology. Dublin, Royal Irish Academy.