Grave Yard RO020-046---- in Cloonbonniff

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What is recorded here

At the crest of the E end of a low E-W ridge. Subrectangular grass-covered area (dims. 18.6m E-W; 13.5m N-S) with a field bank at W contains numerous grave-markers (dims. c. 0.3m x 0.3m; H c. 0.1m) in rows roughly aligned N-S and placed 0.8-1.1m apart. It was described as circular (Gannon 1972) and it may have been truncated at E where there is a severe scarp (H 2m). (Timoney 1996, 19) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO020-046

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