Sheepfold in Awnaskirtaun, enclosure in County Kerry

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What is recorded here

In rough hill pasture, on the NW-facing slopes of Knocknabro and on the E bank of the Awnaskirtaun River. A circular area (diam. 8m) enclosed by the remains of a collapsed stone wall.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE068-049

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