Sheepfold in Coolcurtoga, enclosure in County Kerry

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What is recorded here

In rough hill pasture, in a sheltered hollow, on a W-facing slope. A rectangular area (4.1m E-W; 2.8m N-S) defined by a collapsed drystone wall (T 0.6m; H 1.1m) on the S, W and N sides and by a rock outcrop on the E side. There is an entrance (Wth 0.6m) at N. A rectangular, lintelled recess (Wth 0.85m; H 0.5m; D 0.5m) is set against the rock outcrop face at E. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE076-004

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