What is recorded here
Situated on the highest point at the S end of the N-S ridge of Sheebeg Hill. It is depicted on the 1835 and 1907 editions of the OS 6-inch map where it is described as ‘Fin Mc Cool’s Monument’. This is a grass- and scrub-covered flat-topped cairn of limestone boulders (diam. of base 38m; diam. of top 12.9m; H 5m). It…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LE028-022
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Photo credits
- John M, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Adie Jackson, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Maker not stated on source page, tr.pinterest.com
- Maker not stated on source page, www.echolive.ie
- Maker not stated on source page, letsgowiththechildren.co.uk
- Maker not stated on source page, monumentalireland.ie
- Maker not stated on source page, www.pinterest.com
- Grose, Francis, 1731?-1791; Ledwich, Edward, 1738-1823, continuator, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
- Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
- Maker not stated on source page, www.tripadvisor.com.au
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