What is recorded here
Marked 'St. Columbkille's Stones' on the OS 6-inch maps, this site is traditionally believed by some to be the location of the birth of Columcille.* The site consists of a mound (DG044-021001-), almost oval in plan, 8m N-S and 5m E--W, .5m high. On the N half of the mound is a U-shaped setting of stones open to the N…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record DG044-021001
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- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
- Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Maker not stated on source page, uk.pinterest.com
- Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
- Malene Thyssen, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Ross, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Dr Neil Clifton, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Maker named on the Wikimedia Commons picture page · Public domain
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