Sheepfold in Ballyinsheen Beg, County Clare

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What is recorded here

Situated in an area of rocky karst outcrop overlooked by higher ground to N. An oval area (6.3m N-S by 6.1m E-W) defined by a drystone wall (H 1.15m at SW; Wth 1.4m at base) collapsed in a number of places. A pile of rubble lies in the E quadrant.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CL008-045009

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