Enclosure in Gullaba, County Kerry (KE094-056001-)

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What is recorded here

In a level elevated area of rough pasture, on the lower NE-facing slope of Gullaba Hill. An oval area (12.4m E-W; 6.8m N-S) defined by a low earthen bank (Wth c. 0.8m; H c. 0.3m) which survives best along the S and W arcs. The bank at N and S is 1m and 0.4m higher, respectively, than the outer ground level. The bank is covered in gorse and heather. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE094-056001

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