Mound in Lissycurrig, County Kerry

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What is recorded here

When the Kerry Field Club visited a bog in the above townland in 1945 (Vol 1, 617), they came across a large mound, the top of which had been cleared revealing a large irregularly shaped limestone flagstone. It was supported on seven uprights, 4 feet high. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 1115.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE015-140

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