Burnt spread in Dromatouk, County Kerry

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What is recorded here

In peaty pasture, on a gentle S-facing slope in undulating moorland. A horizon of burnt material (L 6m; T 0.6m) just under the sod layer, is exposed in the N bank of an E-W drain. Burnt stones can be traced for c. 0.5m to the N of the drain. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE093-026004

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