What is recorded here
A roughly rectangular limestone boulder incorporated in a field boundary. The stone was recorded in 1867 (Graves 1867, 5-7). According to Carrigan (1905, vol. 3, 382-3) a, ‘memorial of the ownership of Killiny by the religious community of Kells has been handed down. This is a large stone, evidently a land-mark, at…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KK027-015
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- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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