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Cloghmore, boulder-burial in County Cork (CO140-056----)

Boulder-burial

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CO140-056----
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In pasture on E side of Roaringwater Bay. Boulder with somewhat rounded top surface (2.6m x 1.5m; T 0.9m) rests above three support stones. (O Nualláin 1978, 94, no. 29; Roberts 1988, Ch. 3, no. 20) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO140-056

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