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Enclosure in Bray

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Enclosure in Bray
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On the SE-facing slopes of Bray Head, in the NE corner of a field. A roughly rectangular area (19.5m N-S; 13m E-W) defined by a low bank (Wth c. 0.6m) along the W side, by a lynchet along the N and by a field boundary to the E. There is a house (KE087-096001-) within the NE corner of the enclosure. During excavations in 2001 (Hayden 2001), three sections through the W arc of the enclosure and another to the S of the house revealed the bank and a shallow ditch (Wth 1.6m; D 0.25m). Two raised cultivation beds, delimited by stone walls, were also uncovered within the enclosure, to the S of the house. (Mitchell et al. n.d.; Hayden 2001; Hayden 2003, 162) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 May 2011

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