Enclosure in Derry West, County Kerry

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What is recorded here

This subcircular enclosure is located in low-lying bog and is bisected by a N-S track which extends from the adjacent modern road. It is marked as a small circular enclosure on the second edition of the OS map. The enclosing bank is of earth and gravel composition, and is well-preserved at W and S. Here it measures 1.8m high internally and 2.5m high externally. It has an average basal width of 8m, and encloses an area 19m N-S x 14.5m E-W. The bank is overgrown and is gapped only by the track. Cork University Press (1996), no. 736.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE099-007

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Robert Linsdell from St. Andrews, Canada, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
Picture: Álaind Lodges
National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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Dr Charles Nelson, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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