What is recorded here
On slight SE-facing slope, in pasture, with excellent views from S-W-WNW and restricted elsewhere. Depicted on the 1897 OS 25-inch map as a semi-circular shaped area defined by a field boundary to WSW. Monument surveyed by the ASI in 1999 and described as a subcircular-shaped area (24m N-S; 18m E-W) defined by a…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI016-015
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- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Maker not stated on source page, www.pinterest.com
- Doon GAA club website / ClubZap; individual photographer not stated, doongaa.com
- Maker not stated on source page, www.tripadvisor.com.ph
- Maker not stated on source page, www.alamy.com
- Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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