What is recorded here
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LA022-019019
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Photo credits
- A.-K. D., Wikimedia Commons · CC0
- John M, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Darrin Antrobus, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Maker not stated on source page, blogs.stthomas.edu
- Maker not stated on source page, roaringwaterjournal.com
- Maker not stated on source page, www.pinterest.com
- Maker not stated on source page, www.dreamstime.com
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