Enclosure in Gortcurreen, County Kerry

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

What is recorded here

This site is marked as a circular enclosure on the 1841-42 OS map. On the later edition of 1939 only the N to E sector of the enclosing bank is marked. Today this site has been levelled and no visible trace survives. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 1050.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE010-054

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