Mausoleum in Gallon, County Cavan

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What is recorded here

Located towards the top of the E and S-facing slope of a drumlin. The parish church of Killinkere has evidence of a mausoleum (int. dims 5.9m N-S; 3.15m E-W) separated from the nave of the church by cross-wall at its W end. The conserved W gable of the church survives entire with a small window beneath the apex, and the springing of the vault of the mausoleum is evident on the inner face of the wall.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CV033-031003

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