Midden in Finner, County Donegal

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What is recorded here

Sandhill sites which produced large numbers of stone implements and pottery as well as bones and charcoal (O. Davies NMI). The area is now an army firing range. The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record DG106-005

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Jonathan Wilkins, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
N Chadwick, Wikimedia Commons
Discover Ireland; photographer not stated, Discover Ireland
Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
louise price, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
N Chadwick, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Jonathan Wilkins, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Kenneth Allen, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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