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Enclosure in Aghatubrid

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Not marked on the OS maps, this ruined circular enclosure is located high on the S side of Aghatubrid mountain overlooking Ballinskelligs Bay to SW. The enclosing bank is severely eroded and a modern NNE-SSW field boundary bisects the site. The bank has large stones incorporated along its base, but appears to be…

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Not marked on the OS maps, this ruined circular enclosure is located high on the S side of Aghatubrid mountain overlooking Ballinskelligs Bay to SW. The enclosing bank is severely eroded and a modern NNE-SSW field boundary bisects the site. The bank has large stones incorporated along its base, but appears to be mostly of earth and gravel construction. It averages 2.2m wide and has a maximum internal height of 1.5m at N. It is .5m high externally and encloses an area 13.5m N-S x 15.6m E-W. There is a prominent entrance located at E marked by two large, upright slabs set .87m apart and aligned WNW-ESE. Both are rectangular in elevation and they measure 1.35m x .88m x .15m and 1.1m x .7m x .15m. A third, similarly aligned slab is located 1.05m to N It measures 1.06m x .75m x .15m and is irregular in elevation. Abutting it at right angles on its S side is a fourth slab, .98m x .6m x .1m. Presumably the latter two formed part of the entrance. There are no features discernible in the interior of the enclosure. Cork University Press (1996), no. 698.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE088-056

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