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This monument, demolished sometime between 1985 and 1991, stood 1.75km SSE of Site A in Kilmonaster Middle townland. It has been interpreted as a cruciform passage tomb (Ó Nualláin 1983a). Before its destruction there were five set stones and a number of displaced slabs at the site. A terminal chamber at the SW and a…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record DG079-007
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- Maker not stated on source page, www.edinburgharchitecture.co.uk
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Maker not stated on source page, www.pinterest.com
- Castlefinn Community Project; individual photographer not named, castlefinn.ie
- Maker not stated on source page, www.nationalgeographic.com
- Kenneth Allen, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Maker not stated on source page, uk.pinterest.com
- Kenneth Allen, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
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