What is recorded here
Situated in a hollow at the bottom of the NW-facing slope of an ENE-WSW drumlin ridge. Marked on the 1837 and 1914 editions of the OS 6-inch map and described in gothic lettering on both as Cloghcrom - the crooked or leaning stone - and it was recorded thus by John O'Donovan in 1837 (O'Flanagan 1931, vol. 1, 120). It…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO010-049
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- Maker not stated on source page, www.wikidata.org
- Maker not stated on source page, www.thejournal.ie
- Maker not stated on source page, irishheritagenews.ie
- Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
- Maker not stated on source page, heritageireland.ie
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Roscommon Herald; individual photographer of this image not stated, www.roscommonherald.ie
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