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Giant's Wedge

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Map note: There is a map point for Giant's Wedge, an ancient site in County Laois, Ireland. There is no need to invent a lost kingdom to make the name interesting.
Giant's Wedge is recorded as an archaeological place in County Laois.

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  • Jonathan Thacker, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
  • Digital Eye, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • ToniuBM, Wikimedia Commons
  • Mooro1, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Picture: offaly.gaa.ie
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