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Lissaghbaun/Liosach Bán: KE043-125----; The roughly circular clochaun KE043-125001- measures 3.67 to 3.85m in diameter internally and the wall is for the most part reduced to a mound of stone collapse, 2.2 to 3m wide. The drystone-built wall facing is preserved only at the N jamb of the entrance and for 2 short…

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Lissaghbaun/Liosach Bán: KE043-125----; The roughly circular clochaun KE043-125001- measures 3.67 to 3.85m in diameter internally and the wall is for the most part reduced to a mound of stone collapse, 2.2 to 3m wide. The drystone-built wall facing is preserved only at the N jamb of the entrance and for 2 short stretches internally. It is a maximum of 1.03m in height. The floor of the structure was excavated into the steep hillslope and now lies .48m below the external ground level on the uphill side. The entrance at ENE is .7m wide and 1.3m long. The approach to the entrance is flanked on either side by collapsed drystone-walling which defines a small court or yard measuring 3m ENE-WSW and 2.85m WNW-ESE. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 659.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE043-125001

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