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Sheepfold in Ballynafullia

Hut site

What is recorded here

In rough pasture, on a SW-facing rocky slope, overlooking the valley of the Dromoghty River. The remains of a D-shaped hut site (1.75m SE-NW) defined by a partially collapsed drystone wall (T 0.8m; H 0.8m) with a straight NW side (L 3.1m NE-SW) defined by the linear face of outcropping rock. There is an entrance (Wth 0.4m) at SE. The interior is obscured by gorse and rubble. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE102-021

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  • John M, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Keith Cunneen, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Colin Park, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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