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In pasture at the head of a narrow valley opening to the NW. This well-preserved tomb, known as 'The Labby', faces uphill to the SE. It consists of a chamber (L 2.1m; Wth 0.9m at the front, 1.5m at the rear) with sides and back of single stones. The front of the chamber is formed by two portal-stones (H 1.4m) and a…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record SL034-152
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- SE Keenan, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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- Oliver Dixon, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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