What is recorded here
In pasture, located on top of an oval knoll in an area of rolling grassland, providing excellent views, especially to SW towards Nephin and the Nephin Beg Range. The flat top (22.6m N–S; 16.5m E–W) of the knoll was used as a burial plot by the Knox family of Rappa Castle. Twenty six graves were noted, which all appear…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record MA030-021
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- Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Connaught Telegraph; photographer not named, www.con-telegraph.ie
- Maker not stated on source page, fi.pinterest.com
- Mike Searle, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
- Ray Martin, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
- Maker not stated on source page, uk.pinterest.com
- David Farrell Photography / Western People, www.westernpeople.ie
- Maker not stated on source page, tk.advisor.travel
- Maker not stated on source page, paganplaces.com
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