What is recorded here
Situated at the crest of a N-facing slope overlooking Lough Errew. It is represented only on the 1907 edition of the OS 6-inch map where it is described as a ‘Cromlech’. Two large stones, one prone (dims c. 2.3m x v. 2.5m; T 0.2-0.4m) but supported on a few small boulders and the other upright (dims c. 2m x c. 0.3m; H…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LE036-009
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- Lucarelli, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Maker not stated on source page, www.aopa.org
- Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Maker not stated on source page, www.pinterest.com
- jonleebotany, Wikimedia Commons · CC0
- Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0
- Maker not stated on source page, uk.pinterest.com
- Vicente Fernández Rioja, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Maker not stated on source page, ie.pinterest.com
- Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
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