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Carn in Kye

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Marked only on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map as a subrectangular cairn feature (dims c. 35m N-S; c. 20m E-W) described in gothic lettering as a 'Carn', and situated on the low-lying, level landscape of a reclaimed lake c. 20m SE of an unnamed well or swallow-hole. It is not visible at ground level in pasture. The cairns (RO017-123001-; RO017-123002-) are c. 90m to the SW.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO017-124

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Maker not stated on source page, irishheritagenews.ie
  • Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.thejournal.ie
  • Maker not stated on source page, heritageireland.ie
  • Dan Clohessy / INPHO, www.roscommonherald.ie
  • PST Sport project photograph; individual photographer not stated, pstsport.com
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.irishamerica.com
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.visitgalway.ie
  • Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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