Field system in Cool East, County Kerry

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What is recorded here

Located above Foilnanean cliffs and W of Geokaun, Valencia Island. The ruined foundations of two huts are located within an old field system (KE078-027001-) of linear and, possibly earlier, curvilinear field walls (Mitchell 1989, 37-40). Other possible structures nearby may be outhouses or animal shelters. Cork University Press (1996), no. 1206.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE078-027001

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