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Gallaunkeagh

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On boggy hilltop with commanding views in every direction. Rectangular stone aligned NE-SW (H 1.75m; 1.51m x 0.65m). Bench mark carved on S face.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO120-002

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