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On a slight rise at the N edge of a low plateau. Small earth and stone mound (dims. 2m x 1.5m; H 0.3m). (Herity 1983, 137; 1984, 134) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO021-042035

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