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Mound in Glenaraneen

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What is recorded here

Situated within an artificial lake established to provide water for paper mills at Clondalkin. A round-topped mound with cairn material exposed around its perimeter. In the 19th century this site was described as a 'very perfect and remarkable mound nearly suirrounded by a deep boggy slough called Bog Larkin' (Ua Broin 1957, 48).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record DU024-036

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
  • Colin Park, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Ian Paterson, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Hamish Bain, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Sitomon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • 瑞丽江的河水, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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