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Carriganaffrin, mass-rock in County Limerick (LI024-157----)

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LI024-157----
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Just below the summit of Knockseefin, immediately N of townland boundary with Gortnanuv and 100m SW of burial mound (LI024-012----) standing on top of Knockseefin. Annotated ‘Carriganaffrin’ on the 1840 ed. OS 6-inch map. Depicted as a cliff-edge face of an old quarry on the 1897 ed. OS 25-inch map. Visible on Google Earth orthoimage dated 18/11/2018 now partially covered with scrub vegetation.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI024-157

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