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Sheepfold in Ballycarnahan

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On a level terrace on the lower SW slopes of Coad. Very ruined remains of a drystone hut underlying a sheepfold. Two lamb shelters occur nearby. Cork University Press (1996), no. 1122.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE106-071

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