Enclosure in Booleenshare, County Kerry

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What is recorded here

Depicted on the 1st ed. (1841) OS 6-inch map as an oval area (c. 30m N-S; 25m E-W) enclosed by a bank and named 'Lisgortarughel' in gothic script. Named 'Lisgortarughel' (site of) on later OS map editions. In pasture, no visible surface trace evident.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE014-026

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