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Field boundary in Ballygriffin

Field boundary

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Half-buried in bog on an east-facing slope above the Sheen River, a seven-metre stone ribbon still marks an old field edge. It lies sixty metres from a wedge tomb and an enclosure, suggesting people shaped this land long before drainage works scarred it. The wall does not grandstand; it waits beneath the turf, holding the shape of a forgotten boundary while Mucksna Mountain watches from the west.
In rough pasture, on an E-facing slope overlooking the valley of the Sheen River with Mucksna Mountain to the W. A short section (L c. 7m) of a relict field wall (T c. 0.6m; H 0.2m), on an E-W axis, protrudes above the surface of the bog. Drainage works have taken place in the area. An enclosure (KE093-086002-) is c. 60m to the E and a wedge tomb (KE093-086003-) c. 60m to the SE. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 May 2011

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