Enclosure in Carrig East, County Kerry

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What is recorded here

In a boggy area, covered with marsh grass. This possible enclosure is not visible at ground level. It is indicated as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 10m) on the 1896 OS 6-inch map. (SMR file) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE083-032

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