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On a hummock in gently undulating grassland. Named 'R.C. Chapel & Altar' on the 1838 edition of the OS 6-inch map. No visible surface trace survives. According to the landowner the chapel was a penal chapel.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA107-176002

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