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Situated on a knoll on the floor of Glencar valley. A square graveyard (dims 32m N-S; 32m E-W), defined by mortared stone walls (H 1.4m), is possibly on the site of an early church founded by St Osnat in the 6th century (O'Hanlon 1875, vol. 1, 86-7; O'Connell 1937, 108-9). The graveyard has been extended to the W…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LE006-015001
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- Maker not stated on source page, monumentalireland.ie
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- Michael Murtagh, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Oliver Dixon, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Dieglop, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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