What is recorded here
This is a National Monument in State ownership (No. 423). It is shown on the 1837 OS 6-inch map as rectangular enclosed area (c. 20m E-W; c 13m N-S) marked 'Burial ground', and on the 1920 edition as an oval area, indicated by a dotted line, marked 'Giant's Grave' and Burial ground (disused)'. It consists of a low,…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record MA044-009001
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- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Maker not stated on source page, uk.pinterest.com
- Maker not stated on source page, monumentalireland.ie
- Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
- Maker not stated on source page, ph.pinterest.com
- Maker not stated on source page, tr.pinterest.com
- Maker not stated on source page, www.theirishroadtrip.com
- dougf, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- dougf, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Brendan Moran / Sportsfile, credited by Western People, www.westernpeople.ie
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