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In low-lying poorly drained land, to SE of the River Shannon and Abbey River and E of the medieval Irish town of Limerick City. Not depicted on OS historic mapping. According to the NMI topographical files, a cist containing a crouched skeleton was found on a building site in 1936 (Irish Independent January 1936).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI005-061

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Stevesphotography, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • GilPe, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Henry Edward Doyle, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
  • Hywel Williams, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • David Hawgood, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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