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Druids Altar in Ballynahowna

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See linked document with details from Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume V. County Sligo. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1989) Date of upload: 9 January 2012

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record SL011-093

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