Midden in Rahoneen, County Kerry

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What is recorded here

The Kerry Field Club, which visited this area in 1944, located a shell midden near Rahoneen Castle (1014). They state that they 'only found fragments of bone and shells of sea fish'. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 5.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE020-079

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