Enclosure in Lohart, County Kerry

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What is recorded here

In undulating pasture, near the S shore of Kenmare Bay; the ground to the W and NW is marshy. A semicircular area (28m ENE-WSW) defined by a scarp (Wth c. 1.5m; H c. 0.6m) SSE-NNW and by a linear drystone field boundary on the straight ENE side (L 50m). The base of the scarp is eroded W-NW and there is a slight indent (Wth 0.5m) at SW. The interior slopes gently down to the WSW. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE101-005

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Mick Garratt, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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Gordon Hatton, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Templenoe GAA Club official website; individual photographer not named, www.templenoegaa.ie
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Angela Herlihy, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
David Purchase, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Trevor Harris, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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