What is recorded here
Discovered in 1950 by workmen extending a sandpit. It was described as a five-sided tomb 'composed of seven large stones, and was sealed by a substantial capstone. Its greatest dimensions were c. 1.12m by c. 82cm and it was c. 67am deep. The side stones do not appear to have inclined inwards but the gaps between them…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI030-104
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- Maker not stated on source page, nigelborrington.com
- Maker not stated on source page, www.flickr.com
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Maker not stated on source page, www.gettyimages.com
- Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Dromin Athlacca Banogue club; individual photographer not named, drominathlaccabanogue.clubzap.com
- Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
- Maker not stated on source page, www.usmarble.com
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