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Sheepfold in Derrybanane

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What is recorded here

In rough hill pasture, on a S-facing slope. A D-shaped area (dims. 2.4m E-W) defined by a curving drystone wall (T 0.65m; H 1.2m) with a straight W side (L 4.7m) formed by a N-S field boundary. There is an entrance (Wth 0.55m) at E. The area is obscured by dense fern growth.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE085-020

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  • Irish Examiner; photographer not stated, Irish Examiner
  • Picture: www.kerrygaa.ie
  • Gareth James, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Peter Gerken, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Adrian King, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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