What is recorded here
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LA032-052
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Photo credits
- Maker not stated on source page, www.echolive.ie
- Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
- Maker not stated on source page, www.alamy.com
- Algirdas at Lithuanian Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
- Kk, Wikimedia Commons · CC0
- Maker not stated on source page, it.pinterest.com
- liam murphy, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Maker not stated on source page, www.flickr.com
- Garry Dickinson, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Ian Rob, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Age Bosma, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
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