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Sheepfold in Erriff

Sheepfold

What is recorded here

On a plateau with a small rectangular lake (dims c. 55m E-W; c. 40m N-S) in a hollow c. 40m to the NE. This is an oval grass and heather-covered area (int. dims 20.2m N-S; 15.2m E-W) defined by drystone walling (Wth 0.4m; H 0.55m) but the perimeter is missing E-S (L 10m).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LE004-013

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Michael Murtagh, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Kenneth Allen, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Jacobfrid, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • NTF30, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • John M, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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