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Sheepfold

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In rough pasture, on a SW-facing slope. An oval area (18m N-S; 9.2m E-W) defined by a collapsed drystone wall (T 0.65m; H 0.5m). The interior slopes down to the W. The enclosure is covered in a dense growth of heather. Two hut sites (KE076-001001-, KE076-001002-) are within the interior. Another hut site (KE076-001003-) adjoins the S wall of the enclosure, externally and there is another hut (KE076-001004-) c. 20m to the SSW. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.

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