What is recorded here
Situated at the W end of a low E-W rise, c. 200m N of what was the E end of Lower Lough Gara which is now reclaimed. Rectangular chamber (int. dims.2.2m NW-SE; 1.95m NE-SW) facing NE defined by two sidestones and a backstone with two portal stones (H 1.75m; 2.2m) and the septal stone (H 1.9m). The roofstone (dims. 4m…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO005-015
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- Maker not stated on source page, www.smithsonianmag.com
- Maker not stated on source page, www.thejournal.ie
- Wikimedia Commons contributor · CC BY 2.5
- Real Group Photos / realboyle (Flickr account); individual photographer not stated, www.flickr.com
- Maker not stated on source page, www.alamy.com
- Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
- Maker not stated on source page, tr.pinterest.com
- Sawyer777, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Gillaween, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Maker not stated on source page, www.irishamerica.com
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
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