What is recorded here
On a pronounced knoll, on a terrace on the E slopes of Kilmacoliver Hill, overlooking a small river valley. The river, located c. 70m to the E, flows S to join the Pil River. The knoll may be entirely natural or could have been augmented to accommodate the cist. The cist was uncovered during ploughing in October 2022.…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KK034-057
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- A.-K. D., Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Maker not stated on source page, monumentalireland.ie
- Maker not stated on source page, tr.pinterest.com
- Humphrey Bolton, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Maker not stated on source page, www.geograph.ie
- Maker not stated on source page, www.gettyimages.co.nz
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Sitomon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Maker not stated on source page, www.alamy.com
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