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Altar in Kilnadur

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In pasture broken by rock outcropping. Flat slab of sandstone (L 0.88m; Wth 0.61m; H 0.1m) with small Latin cross (0.6m x 0.4m) inscribed on outer (SW) face; resting on stone-built base. Upright slab (now broken) on top of altar has fragmentary inscription: 'ALTAR OF PENAL DAYS'.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO094-038

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