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Altar in Legan

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Marked only on the 1914 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated towards the top of the E-facing slope of a NNE-SSW ridge at its N end. A natural shelf of rock outcrop (H 1.2m) with a small wooden cross where a commemorative Mass was celebrated on the last Sunday of August up to the 1980s. (Coyle 1994, 17-19) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO024-012

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  • Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Reading Tom, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
  • Laurel Lodged, Wikimedia Commons · CC0
  • Algirdas at Lithuanian Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
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