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On a densely wooded hillside. First noted by Tighe (1802, 625) who describes it as, 'On the side of the hill of Owny, is an entire one [a cromleac], low, and filled up by loose stones'. Sandys (in Mason 1814, vol. 1, 363) gives a more detailed account, 'On the south-west of the summit of Carrick-na-Gawg, is a…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KK035-097
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