Sheepfold GA067-036---- in Ogúil

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What is recorded here

On a hilltop. This is a large roughly subrectangular sheepfold (86m E-W; 85m N-S). A number of low lintelled entry points allow entry/exit of stock. A sheep pen is located within the interior (information from D. McCarthy 2016).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA067-036

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