Earthwork in Ballymacquin Upper, County Kerry

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What is recorded here

In grassland. Cropmark of circular-shaped area (diam. c. 40m) defined by a ditch is visible on Google Earth orthoimages and on Digital Globe orthophoto taken between 2011-13. See attached orthophoto Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Jean-Charles Caillère Date of upload: 11 July 2022

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE020-083

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