Sheepfold in Inchinanagh, enclosure in County Kerry

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What is recorded here

In rough hill pasture, in a sheltered hollow, on the SW-facing slopes of Knockantooreen. A rectangular area (3.2m N-S; 2.4m E-W) defined by a roughly constructed and partially collapsed, drystone wall (T 0.5m; H 0.8m). The SE corner of the enclosure is set against outcropping rock. Rubble is scattered around the enclosure both internally and externally. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE103-002

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Maker not stated on source page, www.alamy.com
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Bryan Conlon, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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Willow, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5
Andrew Wood, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
mozzercork @ flickr, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
Colin Park, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Richard Webb, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Maker not stated on source page, www.stpeters.connor.anglican.org

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