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Ring-ditch in Kerries West

Ring-ditch

What is recorded here

Two buried rings, one eighteen metres across and the other fifteen, lie hidden beneath Kerries West grass. Infrared light reveals their dark ditch lines though no human foot has ever marked them. They may have conjoined into a single dwelling or remained separate rooms for different families. The earth kept their shape long after the people forgot the names they gave the place.
'Infra red aerial photography (National Coastline Survey) indicates the presence of two possibly conjoined ditched features (KE029-303001-, KE029-303002-) in this area. No trace of the sites is visible on the ground. The features are orientated NW-SE with the slightly smaller example to the north-west. The larger example is circular with an approximate diameter of 18m. The smaller example is again circular with an approximate diameter of 15m. Both buried ditches clearly show as dark lines on the infra red photograph.' Description from ‘The Prehistoric Settlement of the Lee Valley, Tralee, Co. Kerry; A Landscape Perspective’ by Michael Connolly. PhD Thesis UCC 2008 Date of upload: 06 July 2012

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