Enclosure in Aghacoora, County Kerry

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What is recorded here

This small semi-circular enclosure is marked on the 1916 OS map, but not marked on the earlier 1841-42 map. No surface trace survives today. According to local tradition an ancient route (KE015-132----) ran NW of this possible enclosure. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 1060.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE015-118

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