What is recorded here
On steeply sloping ground on the E slopes of Gortnaclohy Mountain, now covered with a large modern coniferous plantation. Not depicted on historic OSi maps. Visited by the ASI in 1997 when described as a concrete wall surmounted by a cross-shrine with concrete altar in front of shrine. No surface remains of the mass rock were recorded. The area is visible on Google Earth orthoimages to the immediate E of a local road. See attached Google Earth orthoimage.
On steeply sloping ground on the E slopes of Gortnaclohy Mountain, now covered with a large modern coniferous plantation. Not depicted on historic OSi maps. Visited by the ASI in 1997 when described as a concrete wall surmounted by a cross-shrine with concrete altar in front of shrine. No surface remains of the mass rock were recorded. The area is visible on Google Earth orthoimages to the immediate E of a local…
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI044-136
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- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- A.-K. D., Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Jonathan Thacker, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- jonleebotany, Wikimedia Commons · CC0
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