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Giants Grave in Violethill

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See linked document with details from Ruaidhrí de Valera and Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume I. County Clare. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1961) Date of upload: 30 December 2011

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CL044-012

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