What is recorded here
In rocky pasture on a W-facing slope with a view across Lough Arrow to Kesh Corran and the Bricklieve Mountains. The E end of a gallery (min. L 3.5m; Wth 1.2m) is represented by an orthostat at the N end and two at the S. A prostrate stone at the S may be a fallen orthostat. Wood-Martin (1883-4, 462, no. 25; 1888,…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record SL034-206
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- Maker not stated on source page, www.dreamstime.com
- SE Keenan, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Maker not stated on source page, www.pinterest.com
- Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
- Maker not stated on source page, www.alamy.com
- Kieran Campbell, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Oliver Dixon, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- N Chadwick, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- dougf, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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