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Kerry<br />

House C was a rectangular building (4m by 3.35m) situated in the north-eastern side <strong>of</strong> the<br />

enclosure and utilizing the enclosure wall as one <strong>of</strong> its side walls. Its walls were 0.83m thick<br />

and remained to a height <strong>of</strong> nearly 0.60m with no evidence <strong>of</strong> battering, and the corners<br />

were rounded externally. House D was situated between the south-eastern corner <strong>of</strong> House B<br />

and the enclosure wall. Its entrance was 0.60m from the enclosure wall and 0.91m. This<br />

building post-dated the construction <strong>of</strong> the central House B structure as its walls had to be<br />

narrowed from 1.2m to 0.3m thick beside House B to leave a passage between both<br />

buildings. House D and House C because <strong>of</strong> their similarity to each other were evidently the<br />

latest structures on the site.<br />

A souterrain was exposed running from under the western enclosure wall to an aperture in<br />

the interior <strong>of</strong> House A. Evidence for an intermural chamber within the enclosure wall was<br />

also revealed immediately outside House C entrance. This had an opening (0.45m by 0.38m)<br />

which lead into a flagged chamber (3.05m by 1.2m and 0.7m high) with a lintelled ro<strong>of</strong>. Both<br />

the souterrain and wall chamber were evidently built when the enclosure was constructed as<br />

the stonework showed no indication that these structures had been incorporated as<br />

secondary structures.<br />

A plough sock found in a habitation deposit in House A, a sickle inserted into the wall <strong>of</strong><br />

House D, and five fragments <strong>of</strong> rotary quernstones were uncovered and indicate a community<br />

engaged in cereal cultivation. A spindle whorl and loom weight also suggests evidence for<br />

spinning on the site. Iron slag was also recovered indicating the practice <strong>of</strong> ironworking.<br />

Domestic finds include three iron knives, two iron nails, seven whetstones, flint and quartz<br />

fragments, a stone disc, a stone mortar, four bone combs, an iron pin, a bronze ring-headed<br />

pin. Cattle bone constituted almost 90% <strong>of</strong> the bulk <strong>of</strong> the bones recovered on the site. A<br />

relatively large quantity <strong>of</strong> sheep (or goat) bones were identified, as well as those belonging<br />

to pig, red deer, grey seal, horse, dog, badger, and various different birds. Periwinkle (75%),<br />

limpet (20%) and oyster limpet (5%) comprised the remains <strong>of</strong> marine molluscs on the site.<br />

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