What is recorded here
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LA030-013
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Photo credits
- Maker not stated on source page, za.pinterest.com
- Maker not stated on source page, www.dreamstime.com
- Maker named on the Wikimedia Commons picture page · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Maker not stated on source page, monumentalireland.ie
- Maker not stated on source page, curiousireland.ie
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Liam Hughes from Milwaukee, WI, USA, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
- Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Alvesgaspar, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Jochappers, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Garry Dickinson, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- A.-K. D., Wikimedia Commons · CC0
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