What is recorded here
Set into natural slope, lined and coursed with slabs. Above well two further storeys of upright supports and flat slabs gives effect of tiered shelves. On top, a statue niche. No longer in holy use. Promontory fort (CO129-001---) short distance to NNE.
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO129-002
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- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Andrew Wood, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Colin Park, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- N Chadwick, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Hywel Williams, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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