Enclosure in Cloonametagh, County Kerry

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What is recorded here

Situated in the SE corner of a field, this circular enclosure appears on the 1841-42 OS map. It does not appear on the later edition, and no surface trace survives. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 1086.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE021-056

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