Enclosure in Rathroe, County Kerry

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What is recorded here

This circular enclosure, situated immediately NW of Rathroe (246), is not marked on any edition of the OS maps. Today it has been much levelled. It consists of a sub-circular area which is enclosed by an 8m-wide and .6m-high bank. From the N to E, the enclosing bank cannot be traced at all, and from the E to S it just survives as a barely perceptible .4m rise. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 1026.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE004-056

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