What is recorded here
At the top of a prominent hillock with wide views, in pastureland. Hachured and named 'Knockaunacroghera' on the 1842 and 1920 eds. of the OS 6-inch map. Marked on Robinson's (1977) map, with the label 'Cnocán an Chrochaire – Armada men hanged 1588'. Westropp (1900, 286) recounts a tradition that this is a…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CL008-078
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- The Banner, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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- Gareth James, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Valfex, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Bob Jones, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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