What is recorded here
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA049-004
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Photo credits
- Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
- Mac McCarron, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Maker not stated on source page, www.dreamstime.com
- Bunowen Castle - geograph.org.uk - 585443.jpg : Hugh Chevallier Derivative work: Hogweard, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Maker not stated on source page, www.irishstar.com
- Maker not stated on source page, uk.pinterest.com
- Maker not stated on source page, www.tripadvisor.com.ph
- United Kingdom Hydrographic Office, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
- Patrice78500, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
- Jonathan Wilkins, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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