Earthwork in Glanshearoon, County Kerry

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What is recorded here

Levelled monument described in 1985 by the Castleisland District Archaeological Survey as site of a levelled earthwork that was levelled c. 1935 which is visible as a slight rise of ground. Depicted as a polygonal shaped earthwork transected at E by a field boundary running N-S on Cassini ed. OSi 6-inch map. Not indicated on 1841 ed. OSi 6-inch map. No surface remains visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13. See attached Google Earth orthoimage taken 03/04/2021 Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 25 April 2022

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE040-009

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