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Monumental structure

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This feature, listed by Borlase (1897) as a possible 'dolmen', is a small barrel-vaulted structure built between 1840 and 1850 (Lacy 1983). It stands in the graveyard of a ruined 16th-century church. OS Revision Name Book, sheet 52 (1845-7), 8; Borlase 1897, 234, Kilmacrenan no. 28; Lacy 1983, 294, no. 1615. The above description was published in the 'Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume VI, County Donegal.' Compiled by: Eamon Cody (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). Date of upload: 22 September 2008

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