What is recorded here
On S side of a trackway, immediately overlooking N shore of Inis Mór. An unenclosed natural rectangular platform (42m by 12m), now cut by modern field walls. Numerous small set stones are visible as well as three inscribed gravestones: (a) dated 1895; (b) dated 1901, commemorating a child aged nine years; and (c)…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA111-002005
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Photo credits
- Ronan Mac Giollapharaic, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Chmee2 or Mates, Wikimedia Commons · GFDL
- Fiore Silvestro Barbato from Napoli (NA), Italy, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
- Maker not stated on source page, www.pinterest.com
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