Mound in Ballyronan, County Kerry

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What is recorded here

Univallate rath KE014-071---- is situated immediately S of KE014-070----. It consists of a circular area enclosed by a high, well-defined earthen bank and external fosse. In the W sector of the interior there is a slight mound (KE014-071001-) 8m x 10m externally. A fieldbank touches this site on the E side, just S of the entrance. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 459.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE014-071001

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