What is recorded here
From the Northern Ireland Sites and Monuments Record record DOW025:003
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Photo credits
- Maker not stated on source page, www.dreamstime.com
- Eric Jones, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
- Maker not stated on source page, www.pinterest.com
- Oliver Dixon, commons.wikimedia.org
- Oliver Dixon, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Oliver Dixon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Eric Jones, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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