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Building in Ballylahan

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Map note: Look up Building in Ballylahan, a building around Ballylahan, County Mayo, Ireland. The map has the location of the mystery, though not all its answers.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record MA061-145003

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  • Pamela Norrington, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Computer-made picture. It does not show this monument.
  • Computer-made picture. It does not show this mountain top.
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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