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Sheepfold in Derrineden

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On the SE slopes of the Coomduff ridge toward its N end. A sheepfold overlies the foundations of a drystone hut of oval plan. A wall chamber at NW may be secondary. Cork University Press (1996), no. 1244.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE089-037

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