Earthwork in Bedford, County Kerry

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What is recorded here

Listed as 'Earthwork site' in the SMR (1990) and RMP (1997). Depicted by hachures, as a subrectangular area (c. 30m N-S; 55m E-W) abutting the S side of the Galey River, on the 1939 OS 6-inch map.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE010-026

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