Burnt spread in Drombohilly Upper, County Kerry

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What is recorded here

In pasture, on a W-facing slope overlooking the valley of the Drombohilly River. A spread (7.5m N-S; 4m E-W; H 0.15m) of burnt material is visible directly outside the SW corner of a farm building. The landowner encountered a large mound of burnt stones and black earth at this location when digging foundations for the building. There is a possible fulacht fia (KE109-066001-) c. 65m to the SE. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE109-066002

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