What is recorded here
Located on a terrace just below the crest of a W-facing slope. It is depicted on the 1834 edition of the OS 6-inch map where it is described in gothic lettering as a ‘Cromlech’ and it is described as ‘Labbyfirmore’ – the bed of the big men – on the 1907 edition. This is a circular grass and furze-covered cairn (diam.…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record MO024-025
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Photo credits
- Maker not stated on source page, se.pinterest.com
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Fintan McTiernan, courtesy of Monaghan GAA, www.flickr.com
- Maker not stated on source page, irishheritagenews.ie
- Eric Jones, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
- Maker not stated on source page, www.gaia.com
- Maker not stated on source page, monaghantourism.com
- Kenneth Allen, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
- Drumhowan GAA club; individual photographer not named, drumhowan.gaa.ie
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