Booley hut

The National Monuments Service's description

This is one of six huts (MA084-0021---- to MA084-0026----), which occur in a cluster in an exposed site on commonage about halfway up the S flanks of Knockmore. The huts are situated at different levels on a very steep slope over a distance of c. 60m on either side of a small stream. They were most likely associated with booleying activities. This hut lies close to S bank of the stream, 9.6m ENE of MA084-022----. Another hut (MA084-024----) lies 25m downslope to ESE. The remains consist of a small hut foundation, roughly polygonal in plan (3.6m E–W, 3.2m N–S). It is delimited by a grassy bank (Wth 1m) of varying height (0.2–0.3m). A number of stones and one large boulder protrude from the bank in the western sector. A gap (Wth 1.1m) in the bank at ENE may mark the original entrance: a rivulet flowed through it at time of visit.

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.