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Enclosure in Currabeg

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What is recorded here

In rough pasture, on a level area with outcropping rock overlooking Kenmare Bay to the W. The remains of an oval enclosure (4m E-W; 3m N-S) defined by a roughly built drystone wall (T c. 0.4m; H 0.9m) constructed on a base of large stones. The enclosure is densely overgrown with ferns. It is indicated as an enclosed rectangular area on the 1895 OS 6-inch map. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE093-074

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Photo credits
  • N Chadwick, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • N Chadwick, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • dalvenjah on Flickr, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • P L Chadwick, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Nigel Cox, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Espresso Addict, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Colin Park, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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