Sheepfold in An Lóthar, hut site in County Kerry

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What is recorded here

On a natural terrace on the NW slopes of Farraniaragh, overlooking Balinskelligs Bay to W. A defaced square hut with an entrance at N, .7m wide. The wall, now a rubble core, has an average width of 2.8m. Clearance cairns and old cultivation ridges are visible in the near vicinity. D: 5.3m x 4.1m. Cork University Press (1996), no. 1352.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE098-063

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