Crannog in Quigelagh, County Meath

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What is recorded here

Situated in a relatively low-lying basin (diam. c. 200m) between drumlins. It is not depicted on any edition of the OS 6-inch map. It is described in 1977 (NMI file) as an oval grass-covered mound (dims 37m N-S; 20m E-W; H c.1m at S to 2m at N), but no kerbing, piles or artefacts are known from it.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record ME004-010

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