Megalithic structure in Rinn, County Leitrim

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What is recorded here

Located in scrub on a shelf at the N end of the E shore of Lough Rinn. A structure described as a ‘Giants Grave’ is depicted at the N end of an Avenue only on an estate map (Wogan 1750, 22). The avenue is on a N-S ridge, which at the N end merges into a drumlin. There is no other information, and no antiquity is visible at ground level in the vicinity of a road junction, although a precise location cannot be provided.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LE036-001

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