Enclosure in Caherdaniel, County Kerry

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What is recorded here

Marked as a small enclosure on the OS maps, this site is located in pasture overlooking Darrynane Bay to SW. The oval interior measures 8.55m N-S x 7.85m E-W, and is enclosed by a low wall composed of a rubble core faced internally with intermittent upright slabs. Field clearance material abuts the SW sector of the site. Cork University Press (1996), no. 714.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE106-056002

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