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Barrington recorded the foundations of an oval structure on the E side of Scariff Island (1986, 287), below the oratory (KE105A-001001-). He also recorded an early field system nearby. It was not possible to investigate this site. Cork University Press (1996), no. 1449.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE105A003

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