What is recorded here
Situated on a hill-ridge and close to the wedge tomb in the same townland (50). The scant remains here are of a W-facing court tomb the gallery of which has been destroyed. Only the inner end of the court, consisting of an entrance flanked at S by three courtstones, now survives. The entrance consists of two…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CV004-009
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- Maker not stated on source page, www.tuatha.ie
- Anne Burgess, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- N Chadwick, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Maker not stated on source page, www.cavanimages.com
- Anne Burgess, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- N Chadwick, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Maker not stated on source page, www.irelandhighlights.com
- Maker not stated on source page, www.thejournal.ie
- Maker not stated on source page, govisity.com
- Maker not stated on source page, au.pinterest.com
- Kenneth Allen, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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