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Carn in Sheegorey

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What is recorded here

Marked only on the 1914 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on top of Sheegorey Mountain. Overgrown flat-topped stoney platform (diam. of top c. 10m; diam. of base c. 14m; H 0.8-1.2m).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO006-003

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Photo credits
  • Gavigan 01 at English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5
  • Oliver Dixon, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Oliver Dixon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Real Group Photos / realboyle (Flickr account); individual photographer not stated, www.flickr.com
  • Daniel Waters, Co. Sligo, Ireland from Ireland, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
  • Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
  • Sawyer777, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Gillaween, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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