Almshouse in Lackaroe, County Kerry

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What is recorded here

In rough pasture, on a S-facing slope overlooking the valley of the Sheen River. This system of relict field walls extends over an area c. 180m E-W x c. 50m N-S and consists of small fields enclosed by collapsed drystone walls, which are partly obscured by shallow peat. Some stones may have been removed from the walls to build recent field boundaries to the S. A fulacht fia (KE093-052001-) and a hut site (KE093-052002-) are in the immediate vicinity. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE093-052003

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