Inscribed stone in Fairymount, County Roscommon

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What is recorded here

On top of the barrow (RO036-013001-) at the summit of Fairymount Hill. Some cut stone, including two fragments of an inscription in false relief, probably from a graveslab or a cross of 16th or 17th century date, mention Eilis and Peter Hanley.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO036-013003

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