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Sheepfold in Aghanlish

Sheepfold

What is recorded here

In pasture on the W-facing slope of a steep hill but below the steep incline of Arroo peak which rises over the location to the E. There is a small drystone wall enclosure (dims c. 6m x c. 4m) which may be a hut-site or more likely a sheepfold built around the standing stone pair (LE003-002001-) (de Valera and Ó Nualláin 1972, 49-50).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LE003-002002

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Photo credits
  • Michael Murtagh, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Picture: en.wikipedia.org
  • NTF30, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Jacobfrid, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • John M, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Jon Sullivan, Wikimedia Commons
  • Oliver Dixon, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Dromahair Arts and Recreation Centre (publisher); individual photographer not stated, discoverdromahairpark.ie
  • Malene Thyssen, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Willie Duffin, Wikimedia Commons
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