What is recorded here
In Balla village, located 16.4m NE of a round tower (MA090-024004-) in the E half of a graveyard (MA090-024005-). A late medieval, rectangular stone altar-table (H 1m) is constructed of a base (L 2.8m; H 0.93m) of regular, punch-dressed limestone blocks supporting a top (L 2.97m; H 0.17m) of well fitted limestone…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record MA090-024011
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- Maker not stated on source page, ch.pinterest.com
- Maker not stated on source page, www.pinterest.com
- JohnArmagh, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Maker not stated on source page, www.freepik.com
- Michael Deligan, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Maker not stated on source page, www.joinmychurch.com
- Kathy Lyons Photography (watermark on photograph), displayed by Balla Community and Rural Development, www.balla.ie
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