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On a local hill summit, on Inis Mór overlooking Fearann an Choirce to NW. Dún Beag, as it is known locally, is a very poorly preserved oval cashel (N-S 70m, E-W 36.5m) defined by a grassed-over drystone wall, best preserved at NE. A gap at NE could be original: outside it is a small quadilateral annexe enclosed by a…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA110-066
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- Ronan Mac Giollapharaic, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- James Yardley, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Herbert Ortner, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0
- Marathon, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- ron layters, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Doonaran, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Gordon Hatton, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Chairego apc, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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