Danesfort, country house in County Kerry

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What is recorded here

In pasture, on a W-facing slope. The overgrown ruins of a two-storey house over a basement. The front elevation (W-facing) is of five bays with a central one-bay two-storey bow projection. The door ope is wide-arched with the remains of incorporated sidelights. There is an enclosed farmyard to the E. Also to the E is a garden enclosed by a stone-faced tree-lined bank. There is a ruined gatelodge c. 50m to the NW.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE066-135

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