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Altar in Derrydarragh

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Circa 33m to the SSE of a holy well (LF025-001001-). This mass-rock consists of a roughly shaped, squared limestone boulder (max. H 0.65m; 1.15m NE-SW; 0.9m NW-SE). Its SW end is incised with the letters 'BM' (Blessed Mary) in the style of late-18th/early 19th-century gravestone inscriptions.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LF025-001002

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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  • Maker not stated on source page, irisharchaeology.org
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  • Arno-nl, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Kieran Campbell, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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