What is recorded here
The wedge-tomb is incorporated in a field wall which abuts it at E and W. It consists of a gallery, 5.5m in overall length and averaging about 1.1m wide, orientated E-W. The N side of the gallery is represented by five stones and the S side by six stones with the more westerly of these set in advance of the septal…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LH021-021
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- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
- Maker not stated on source page, www.pinterest.com
- Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Kevin King, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
- Willard Rome, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Colin Park, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Adriao, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Maker not stated on source page, uk.pinterest.com
- Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
- Kieran Campbell, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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