Sheepfold in Gortagass, enclosure in County Kerry

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What is recorded here

In pasture, on a knoll overlooking Kenmare Bay to the SW. Indicated on the 1895 OS 6-inch map as a square enclosure (c. 10m x c. 10m). The enclosure is not visible at ground level and the area appears to be occupied by a house and gardens. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE093-072

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