What is recorded here
In the extensive sand-dunes along S side of Mannin Bay. A series of middens and habitation sites similar to, if not associated with, the midden complex to SW in Doonloughan (GA048-008001-). To NW of Ship Harbour is a large area of settlement (L 250m, Wth 150m) consisting of a series of stone walls, huts…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA049-024
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- United Kingdom Hydrographic Office, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Mac McCarron, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Maker not stated on source page, www.dreamstime.com
- Jonathan Wilkins, Wikimedia Commons
- Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
- Maker not stated on source page, uk.pinterest.com
- Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
- Maker not stated on source page, www.irishstar.com
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- Maker not stated on source page, www.visitgalway.ie
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