Giants Grave in Lisgorman, County Leitrim

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What is recorded here

Situated in scrub on a SE-facing slope in a low-lying landscape. A single limestone slab (L 2m; Wth 1.2m; T 0.6m), triangular in cross-section, rests on two smaller stones. (Richardson and Lowry-Corry 1940, 175; de Valera and Ó Nualláin 1972, 84) The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LE015-044

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