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Internal diam. 30m-35m. Marked 'Dunfinn' on the 2nd and 3rd editions of the OS 6-inch map the site consists of a subcircular area situated on the E end of an E-W ridge. At the W end is a bank of earth and stones 2m high and 21m N-S. This joins a curving stone wall at the SW side. The S is defined by the natural drop…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record DG037-018
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- Pampuco, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Kenneth Allen, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Maker not stated on source page, www.dailyrecord.co.uk
- Wanfried-Dublin, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- P L Chadwick, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- P L Chadwick, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
- Kenneth Allen, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
- Maker not stated on source page, www.arrivalguides.com
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