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Situated towards the bottom of a severe S-facing slope. An octagonal font (dims. 0.58m x 0.58m; H 0.48m) with a circular basin (diam. 0.44m; D 0.21m) is at Kilgobnet church (WA031-001001-). Tobar Aphoona (WA031-001003-), is in a quarry c. 110m to the NE.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WA031-001004

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