Sheepfold in Derryvorahig, enclosure in County Kerry

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What is recorded here

In rough hill pasture, on an E-facing slope, overlooking the valley of the Dromoghty River. A roughly oval area (9.2m N-S; max. 5.4m E-W) defined by a collapsed drystone wall (T 0.6m; H 0.7m) which protrudes above the surface of the bog. The wall is best preserved at W where it is incorporated into a N-S field wall which forms part of a network of relict field boundaries (KE101-015001-). Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE101-015005

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