What is recorded here
In cut-away bogland on an upland terrace on a ridge extending to the W from the 12 Bens mountain range with panoramic views all round, overlooking Roundstone bog and Árainn to the S, Clifden to the W and the mountains to the E. Recorded by M. Gibbons, this possible stone hut site (4.5m NE-SW; 3m NW-SE), roughly…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA036-024
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Photo credits
- Nigel Thompson, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Newbert12, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Joseph Mischyshyn, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
- Maker not stated on source page, tr.pinterest.com
- Maker not stated on source page, www.pinterest.com
- Didier Descouens, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Maker named on the Wikimedia Commons picture page · Public domain
- Maker not stated on source page, www.flickr.com
- Maker not stated on source page, uk.pinterest.com
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